Clackamas

The word Clackamas may refer to:

Named after tribe

Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County /ˈklækəmᵻs/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,992, making it the third-most populous county in Oregon. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, who were part of the Chinookan people.

Clackamas County is included in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Willamette Valley.

History

Originally named Clackamas District, it was one of the four original Oregon districts created by Oregon's Provisional Legislature on July 5, 1843 along with Twality (later Washington), Champooick (later Marion), and Yamhill. The four districts were redesignated as counties in 1845. At the time of its creation, Clackamas County covered portions of four present-day states and a Canadian province. The Columbia River became the northern boundary of the county in 1844. Soon after John McLoughlin staked a land claim in Oregon City and built a house that in 2003 became a unit of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Clackamas Town Center

Clackamas Town Center is a shopping mall on unincorporated land in the Clackamas area of Clackamas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It opened in 1981. It is managed and co-owned by General Growth Properties and is currently anchored by J.C. Penney, Macy's (including a separate home store), Nordstrom, and Sears. It also includes a 20-screen Century movie theater.

Location

The mall has a Happy Valley, Oregon, mailing address, but is actually located in an unincorporated area. However, the city of Happy Valley was interested in annexing the area that includes the mall. The nearby city of Milwaukie was also interested in annexing the area. In December 2012, mediation between officials of the two cities resulted in a draft agreement under which the mall and other land west of Interstate 205 would eventually be annexed by Milwaukie.

History

The two-level enclosed mall, with 1,218,000 square feet (113,200 m²) of retail space opened in 1981, built by Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. and designed by Seattle architects John Graham & Company. Original anchors included J. C. Penney, Meier & Frank, Nordstrom, Sears and Montgomery Ward. There was also an ice rink, a five-screen movie theater and a branch of the Clackamas County Library.TriMet diverted or extended its bus service into the new mall, constructing a new transit center in the parking area on the mall's north side, which opened in November 1981 and by 1985 was being used by six bus routes. In the 1990s, skater Tonya Harding practiced on the ice rink.

Town Center

A town center is the commercial or geographical center or core area of a town.

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Sheriff

In principle, a sheriff is a legal official with responsibility for a "shire", i.e. county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country.