Gales Creek

Gales Creek, is a tributary, 23.5 miles long, of the Tualatin River in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The headwaters of Gales Creek are on the north side of the mountain Round Top in the Northern Oregon Coast Range.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Painter’s Woods Historic District and Isaac Macrum House.

Painter’s Woods Historic District

Historic site

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The Painter's Woods Historic District, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Painter's Woods includes the earliest modern subdivision addition to Forest Grove, and represents Forest Grove's transition from a largely agrarian community to a small-urban center of commerce and education.

Isaac Macrum House

Historic building

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The Isaac Macrum House, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is a house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Alvin T. Smith House

House

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The Alvin T. Smith House is a two-story home on Elm Street in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1856, it is the second oldest building in the city and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dilley and Carnation.

Dilley

Hamlet

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Dilley is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dilley had a population of 301. It is located south of Forest Grove and north of the city of Gaston on Oregon Route 47 in the Portland metropolitan area.

Carnation

Hamlet

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Carnation is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Carnation lies on Oregon Route 47, on the south side of Forest Grove.

Forest Grove

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Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, 25 miles west of Portland, within the Tualatin Valley. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area.

Gales Creek

Type: Stream
Description: tributary of the Tualatin River in Washington County, Oregon, United States of America
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Washington, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.4915° or 45° 29′ 29″ north

Longitude

-123.10233° or 123° 6′ 8″ west

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Open location code

84QRFVRX+J3

GeoNames ID

5727941

Wikidata ID

Q5518475

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Gales Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Gales Creek”
Cebuano: “Gales Creek”
Egyptian Arabic: “چاليس كريك”
Venetian: “Gales”

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