Chehalem
Chehalem is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located southwest of Sherwood along Oregon Route 99W. The word "Chehalem" is a corruption of the Atfalati word "Chahelim," a name given in 1877 to one of the bands of Atfalati.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Chehalem, OR” and “Chehalem, Oregon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Middleton Pioneer Cemetery and Sherwood High School.
Middleton Pioneer Cemetery
Cemetery
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Middleton Pioneer Cemetery is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chehalem.
Sherwood High School
School
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Sherwood High School is a public high school in Sherwood, Oregon, United States. It is the only high school in the Sherwood School District. Sherwood High School is situated 2 miles northeast of Chehalem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton and Springbrook.
Middleton
Hamlet
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Middleton, previously known as Stringtown, is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. To improve communication between Portland and Lafayette, a post office was established at Middleton in 1869. Middleton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chehalem.
Springbrook
Suburb
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Springbrook is an unincorporated community within the city of Newberg, in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The community was originally named "Hoskins", after pioneer Cyrus E. Springbrook is situated 3 miles west of Chehalem.
Sherwood
Town
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Sherwood is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the southeast corner of the county, it is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley, southwest of Portland. Sherwood is situated 3 miles northeast of Chehalem.
Chehalem
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Washington, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.32797° or 45° 19′ 41″ northLongitude
-122.88969° or 122° 53′ 23″ westElevation
344 feet (105 metres)Open location code
84QV84H6+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 150953297OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Hungarian—“Chehalem” goes by many names.
- French: “Chehalem”
- Hungarian: “Chehalem”
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