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List of cities in Oregon

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A map of the United States with Oregon near the northwest (top left) corner highlighted in red
Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it is the 27th-most populous state, with 4,237,256 inhabitants,[1] and ranked 10th by land area, spanning 95,988 square miles (248,610 km2) of land.[2][3] Oregon is divided into 36 counties and contains 241 incorporated cities.[3][4] Approximately 71 percent of the state's population lives in cities, which also generate 83 percent of economic activity and have 82 percent of Oregon's jobs.[4]

The most populous municipality in Oregon is Portland with 652,503 residents, and the least populous municipality is Greenhorn with three residents.[5][6] In 2020, the state had five cities with populations greater than 100,000 residents.[2][7] Portland is also the largest city by land area, at 133.45 sq mi (345.6 km2), while Barlow is the smallest at 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2).[3][8] The oldest city in Oregon is Oregon City, which was incorporated in 1844 by the Provisional Legislature and was the first recognized city west of the Rocky Mountains.[9] The most recent city to incorporate is La Pine, which was formed in 2006.[10] Cities are able to be dissolved through disincorporation or consolidated to form a new city, such as the amalgamation of three cities in 1965 to create Lincoln City.[11]

All cities have an elected council and an executive that differs based on the chosen form of local government. A majority of large cities use the council–manager form, which has an executive city manager who is appointed by the council but is not directly elected. The mayor–council form includes an elected mayor that serves as the chief executive.[4][12] Until its change to a mayor–council system in 2025, Portland used the commission form of government in which elected members of the city commission were also appointed by the mayor to lead city departments.[12][13] Cities are generally responsible for providing emergency services, land use planning, maintenance of streets, water and waste treatment utilities, and other social services.[4] Revenue for these municipal services is primarily derived from property taxes, followed by fees, hotel taxes, and some funding that is shared with the state government.[14]

List of incorporated cities

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  • The skyline of Portland, photographed with high-rise buildings behind the Vista Bridge and with Mount Hood in the distance.
    Downtown skyline of Portland, the most populous city in Oregon
  • A distant view of mid-rise buildings in Downtown Eugene with forested hills in the background
    Downtown view of Eugene, the second-most populous city in Oregon
  • Several buildings in Downtown Salem against a backdrop of trees
    Buildings in Salem, the third-most populous city in Oregon and the state's capital
  • A skate park and plaza in Gresham with a New England-style building in the background
    City Park in Gresham, the fourth-most populous city in Oregon
Key Symbols indicating county seats and the state capital
† County seat[15]
‡ State capital and county seat[15]
List of cities in Oregon
Name County[16][17][a] Population Change,
2010–2020 		Land area[8] Population density Incorporated[15]
2020 census[2] 2010 census[18] sq mi km2
Adair Village Benton 994 840 +18.33% 0.44 1.1 2,259.1/sq mi (872.2/km2) 1976
Adams Umatilla 389 350 +11.14% 0.36 0.93 1,080.6/sq mi (417.2/km2) 1893
Adrian Malheur 157 177 −11.30% 0.24 0.62 654.2/sq mi (252.6/km2) 1972
Albany † Linn,
Benton 		56,472 50,158 +12.59% 17.66 45.7 3,197.7/sq mi (1,234.7/km2) 1864
Amity Yamhill 1,757 1,614 +8.86% 0.59 1.5 2,978.0/sq mi (1,149.8/km2) 1880
Antelope Wasco 37 46 −19.57% 0.46 1.2 80.4/sq mi (31.1/km2) 1901
Arlington Gilliam 628 586 +7.17% 2.55 6.6 246.3/sq mi (95.1/km2) 1885
Ashland Jackson 21,360 20,078 +6.39% 6.64 17.2 3,216.9/sq mi (1,242.0/km2) 1874
Astoria † Clatsop 10,181 9,477 +7.43% 6.14 15.9 1,658.1/sq mi (640.2/km2) 1856
Athena Umatilla 1,209 1,126 +7.37% 0.55 1.4 2,198.2/sq mi (848.7/km2) 1904
Aumsville Marion 4,234 3,584 +18.14% 1.13 2.9 3,746.9/sq mi (1,446.7/km2) 1911
Aurora Marion 1,133 918 +23.42% 0.48 1.2 2,360.4/sq mi (911.4/km2) 1893
Baker City † Baker 10,099 9,828 +2.76% 7.16 18.5 1,410.5/sq mi (544.6/km2) 1874
Bandon Coos 3,321 3,066 +8.32% 2.77 7.2 1,198.9/sq mi (462.9/km2) 1891
Banks Washington 1,837 1,777 +3.38% 0.76 2.0 2,417.1/sq mi (933.2/km2) 1921
Barlow Clackamas 133 135 −1.48% 0.05 0.13 2,660.0/sq mi (1,027.0/km2) 1903
Bay City Tillamook 1,389 1,286 +8.01% 1.26 3.3 1,102.4/sq mi (425.6/km2) 1910
Beaverton Washington 97,494 89,803 +8.56% 19.60 50.8 4,974.2/sq mi (1,920.5/km2) 1893
Bend † Deschutes 99,178 76,639 +29.41% 33.62 87.1 2,950.0/sq mi (1,139.0/km2) 1905
Boardman Morrow 3,828 3,220 +18.88% 4.03 10.4 949.9/sq mi (366.7/km2) 1927
Bonanza Klamath 404 415 −2.65% 0.82 2.1 492.7/sq mi (190.2/km2) 1901
Brookings Curry 6,744 6,336 +6.44% 4.15 10.7 1,625.1/sq mi (627.4/km2) 1951
Brownsville Linn 1,694 1,668 +1.56% 1.36 3.5 1,245.6/sq mi (480.9/km2) 1876
Burns † Harney 2,730 2,806 −2.71% 3.55 9.2 769.0/sq mi (296.9/km2) 1891
Butte Falls Jackson 443 423 +4.73% 0.43 1.1 1,030.2/sq mi (397.8/km2) 1911
Canby Clackamas 18,171 15,829 +14.80% 4.69 12.1 3,874.4/sq mi (1,495.9/km2) 1893
Cannon Beach Clatsop 1,489 1,690 −11.89% 1.57 4.1 948.4/sq mi (366.2/km2) 1956
Canyon City † Grant 660 703 −6.12% 1.41 3.7 468.1/sq mi (180.7/km2) 1864
Canyonville Douglas 1,640 1,884 −12.95% 1.06 2.7 1,547.2/sq mi (597.4/km2) 1901
Carlton Yamhill 2,220 2,007 +10.61% 0.88 2.3 2,522.7/sq mi (974.0/km2) 1899
Cascade Locks Hood River 1,379 1,144 +20.54% 2.08 5.4 663.0/sq mi (256.0/km2) 1935
Cave Junction Josephine 2,071 1,883 +9.98% 1.81 4.7 1,144.2/sq mi (441.8/km2) 1948
Central Point Jackson 18,997 17,169 +10.65% 3.93 10.2 4,833.8/sq mi (1,866.4/km2) 1889
Chiloquin Klamath 767 734 +4.50% 0.82 2.1 935.4/sq mi (361.1/km2) 1926
Clatskanie Columbia 1,716 1,737 −1.21% 1.30 3.4 1,320.0/sq mi (509.7/km2) 1891
Coburg Lane 1,306 1,035 +26.18% 1.03 2.7 1,268.0/sq mi (489.6/km2) 1893
Columbia City Columbia 1,949 1,946 +0.15% 0.79 2.0 2,467.1/sq mi (952.5/km2) 1926
Condon † Gilliam 711 682 +4.25% 0.82 2.1 867.1/sq mi (334.8/km2) 1893
Coos Bay Coos 15,985 15,967 +0.11% 10.63 27.5 1,503.8/sq mi (580.6/km2) 1874
Coquille † Coos 4,015 3,866 +3.85% 2.76 7.1 1,454.7/sq mi (561.7/km2) 1885
Cornelius Washington 12,694 11,869 +6.95% 2.34 6.1 5,424.8/sq mi (2,094.5/km2) 1893
Corvallis † Benton 59,922 54,462 +10.03% 14.27 37.0 4,199.2/sq mi (1,621.3/km2) 1857
Cottage Grove Lane 10,574 9,686 +9.17% 3.86 10.0 2,739.4/sq mi (1,057.7/km2) 1887
Cove Union 620 552 +12.32% 0.80 2.1 775.0/sq mi (299.2/km2) 1904
Creswell Lane 5,641 5,031 +12.12% 1.71 4.4 3,298.8/sq mi (1,273.7/km2) 1909
Culver Jefferson 1,602 1,357 +18.05% 0.70 1.8 2,288.6/sq mi (883.6/km2) 1946
Dallas † Polk 16,854 14,583 +15.57% 4.91 12.7 3,432.6/sq mi (1,325.3/km2) 1874
Dayton Yamhill 2,678 2,534 +5.68% 0.84 2.2 3,188.1/sq mi (1,230.9/km2) 1880
Dayville Grant 132 149 −11.41% 0.53 1.4 249.1/sq mi (96.2/km2) 1914
Depoe Bay Lincoln 1,515 1,398 +8.37% 1.81 4.7 837.0/sq mi (323.2/km2) 1973
Detroit Marion 203 202 +0.50% 0.59 1.5 344.1/sq mi (132.8/km2) 1952
Donald Marion 1,009 979 +3.06% 0.28 0.73 3,603.6/sq mi (1,391.3/km2) 1912
Drain Douglas 1,172 1,151 +1.82% 0.63 1.6 1,860.3/sq mi (718.3/km2) 1887
Dufur Wasco 632 604 +4.64% 0.59 1.5 1,071.2/sq mi (413.6/km2) 1893
Dundee Yamhill 3,238 3,162 +2.40% 1.34 3.5 2,416.4/sq mi (933.0/km2) 1895
Dunes City Lane 1,428 1,303 +9.59% 2.69 7.0 530.9/sq mi (205.0/km2) 1963
Durham Washington 1,944 1,351 +43.89% 0.41 1.1 4,741.5/sq mi (1,830.7/km2) 1966
Eagle Point Jackson 9,686 8,469 +14.37% 2.97 7.7 3,261.3/sq mi (1,259.2/km2) 1911
Echo Umatilla 632 699 −9.59% 0.58 1.5 1,089.7/sq mi (420.7/km2) 1904
Elgin Union 1,717 1,711 +0.35% 1.01 2.6 1,700.0/sq mi (656.4/km2) 1891
Elkton Douglas 183 195 −6.15% 0.23 0.60 795.7/sq mi (307.2/km2) 1948
Enterprise † Wallowa 2,052 1,940 +5.77% 1.47 3.8 1,395.9/sq mi (539.0/km2) 1889
Estacada Clackamas 4,356 2,695 +61.63% 2.27 5.9 1,918.9/sq mi (740.9/km2) 1905
Eugene † Lane 176,654 156,185 +13.11% 44.18 114.4 3,998.5/sq mi (1,543.8/km2) 1862
Fairview Multnomah 10,424 8,920 +16.86% 3.09 8.0 3,373.5/sq mi (1,302.5/km2) 1908
Falls City Polk 1,051 947 +10.98% 1.20 3.1 875.8/sq mi (338.2/km2) 1893
Florence Lane 9,396 8,466 +10.99% 5.42 14.0 1,733.6/sq mi (669.3/km2) 1893
Forest Grove Washington 26,225 21,083 +24.39% 5.83 15.1 4,498.3/sq mi (1,736.8/km2) 1872
Fossil † Wheeler 447 473 −5.50% 0.78 2.0 573.1/sq mi (221.3/km2) 1891
Garibaldi Tillamook 830 779 +6.55% 0.99 2.6 838.4/sq mi (323.7/km2) 1946
Gaston Washington,
Yamhill 		676 637 +6.12% 0.34 0.88 1,988.2/sq mi (767.7/km2) 1911
Gates Marion,
Linn 		548 471 +16.35% 0.65 1.7 843.1/sq mi (325.5/km2) 1950
Gearhart Clatsop 1,793 1,462 +22.64% 1.85 4.8 969.2/sq mi (374.2/km2) 1918
Gervais Marion 2,595 2,464 +5.32% 0.41 1.1 6,329.3/sq mi (2,443.7/km2) 1874
Gladstone Clackamas 12,017 11,497 +4.52% 2.40 6.2 5,007.1/sq mi (1,933.2/km2) 1911
Glendale Douglas 858 874 −1.83% 0.39 1.0 2,200.0/sq mi (849.4/km2) 1901
Gold Beach † Curry 2,341 2,253 +3.91% 2.53 6.6 925.3/sq mi (357.3/km2) 1945
Gold Hill Jackson 1,335 1,220 +9.43% 0.76 2.0 1,756.6/sq mi (678.2/km2) 1895
Granite Grant 32 38 −15.79% 0.37 0.96 86.5/sq mi (33.4/km2) 1901
Grants Pass † Josephine 39,189 34,533 +13.48% 11.52 29.8 3,401.8/sq mi (1,313.5/km2) 1887
Grass Valley Sherman 149 164 −9.15% 0.51 1.3 292.2/sq mi (112.8/km2) 1901
Greenhorn Baker,
Grant 		3 0 NA 0.09 0.23 33.3/sq mi (12.9/km2) 1903
Gresham Multnomah 114,247 105,594 +8.19% 23.47 60.8 4,867.8/sq mi (1,879.5/km2) 1904
Haines Baker 373 416 −10.34% 0.76 2.0 490.8/sq mi (189.5/km2) 1909
Halfway Baker 351 288 +21.88% 0.37 0.96 948.6/sq mi (366.3/km2) 1909
Halsey Linn 962 904 +6.42% 0.56 1.5 1,717.9/sq mi (663.3/km2) 1876
Happy Valley Clackamas 23,733 13,903 +70.70% 11.58 30.0 2,049.5/sq mi (791.3/km2) 1965
Harrisburg Linn 3,652 3,567 +2.38% 1.40 3.6 2,608.6/sq mi (1,007.2/km2) 1866
Helix Umatilla 194 184 +5.43% 0.13 0.34 1,492.3/sq mi (576.2/km2) 1903
Heppner † Morrow 1,187 1,291 −8.06% 1.23 3.2 965.0/sq mi (372.6/km2) 1887
Hermiston Umatilla 19,354 16,745 +15.58% 8.28 21.4 2,337.4/sq mi (902.5/km2) 1907
Hillsboro † Washington 106,447 91,611 +16.19% 25.67 66.5 4,146.7/sq mi (1,601.1/km2) 1876
Hines Harney 1,645 1,563 +5.25% 2.06 5.3 798.5/sq mi (308.3/km2) 1930
Hood River † Hood River 8,313 7,167 +15.99% 2.60 6.7 3,197.3/sq mi (1,234.5/km2) 1901
Hubbard Marion 3,426 3,173 +7.97% 0.71 1.8 4,825.4/sq mi (1,863.1/km2) 1891
Huntington Baker 502 440 +14.09% 0.74 1.9 678.4/sq mi (261.9/km2) 1891
Idanha Marion,
Linn 		156 134 +16.42% 0.74 1.9 210.8/sq mi (81.4/km2) 1949
Imbler Union 245 306 −19.93% 0.22 0.57 1,113.6/sq mi (430.0/km2) 1922
Independence Polk 9,828 8,590 +14.41% 2.98 7.7 3,298.0/sq mi (1,273.4/km2) 1874
Ione Morrow 337 329 +2.43% 0.76 2.0 443.4/sq mi (171.2/km2) 1903
Irrigon Morrow 2,011 1,826 +10.13% 1.30 3.4 1,546.9/sq mi (597.3/km2) 1957
Island City Union 1,144 989 +15.67% 0.98 2.5 1,167.3/sq mi (450.7/km2) 1904
Jacksonville Jackson 3,020 2,785 +8.44% 1.89 4.9 1,597.9/sq mi (616.9/km2) 1860
Jefferson Marion 3,327 3,098 +7.39% 0.86 2.2 3,868.6/sq mi (1,493.7/km2) 1870
John Day Grant 1,664 1,744 −4.59% 2.26 5.9 736.3/sq mi (284.3/km2) 1901
Johnson City Clackamas 539 566 −4.77% 0.07 0.18 7,700.0/sq mi (2,973.0/km2) 1970
Jordan Valley Malheur 130 181 −28.18% 2.08 5.4 62.5/sq mi (24.1/km2) 1911
Joseph Wallowa 1,154 1,081 +6.75% 0.91 2.4 1,268.1/sq mi (489.6/km2) 1887
Junction City Lane 6,787 5,392 +25.87% 3.29 8.5 2,062.9/sq mi (796.5/km2) 1872
Keizer Marion 39,376 36,478 +7.94% 7.19 18.6 5,476.5/sq mi (2,114.5/km2) 1983
King City Washington 5,184 3,111 +66.63% 0.81 2.1 6,400.0/sq mi (2,471.1/km2) 1966
Klamath Falls † Klamath 21,813 20,840 +4.67% 20.14 52.2 1,083.1/sq mi (418.2/km2) 1893
La Grande † Union 13,026 13,082 −0.43% 4.58 11.9 2,844.1/sq mi (1,098.1/km2) 1865
La Pine Deschutes 2,512 1,653 +51.97% 7.14 18.5 351.8/sq mi (135.8/km2) 2006[10]
Lafayette Yamhill 4,423 3,742 +18.20% 0.86 2.2 5,143.0/sq mi (1,985.7/km2) 1878
Lake Oswego Clackamas,
Multnomah,
Washington 		40,732 36,619 +11.23% 10.78 27.9 3,778.5/sq mi (1,458.9/km2) 1910
Lakeside Coos 1,904 1,699 +12.07% 2.00 5.2 952.0/sq mi (367.6/km2) 1974
Lakeview † Lake 2,418 2,294 +5.41% 2.43 6.3 995.1/sq mi (384.2/km2) 1889
Lebanon Linn 18,447 15,518 +18.87% 7.01 18.2 2,631.5/sq mi (1,016.0/km2) 1878
Lexington Morrow 238 238 0.00% 0.44 1.1 540.9/sq mi (208.8/km2) 1903
Lincoln City Lincoln 9,815 7,930 +23.77% 6.05 15.7 1,622.3/sq mi (626.4/km2) 1965
Lonerock Gilliam 25 21 +19.05% 1.01 2.6 24.8/sq mi (9.6/km2) 1901
Long Creek Grant 173 197 −12.18% 1.02 2.6 169.6/sq mi (65.5/km2) 1891
Lostine Wallowa 241 213 +13.15% 0.29 0.75 831.0/sq mi (320.9/km2) 1903
Lowell Lane 1,196 1,045 +14.45% 0.87 2.3 1,374.7/sq mi (530.8/km2) 1954
Lyons Linn 1,202 1,161 +3.53% 0.87 2.3 1,381.6/sq mi (533.4/km2) 1958
Madras † Jefferson 7,456 6,046 +23.32% 8.16 21.1 913.7/sq mi (352.8/km2) 1910
Malin Klamath 731 805 −9.19% 0.50 1.3 1,462.0/sq mi (564.5/km2) 1922
Manzanita Tillamook 603 598 +0.84% 0.82 2.1 735.4/sq mi (283.9/km2) 1946
Maupin Wasco 427 418 +2.15% 1.40 3.6 305.0/sq mi (117.8/km2) 1922
Maywood Park Multnomah 829 752 +10.24% 0.17 0.44 4,876.5/sq mi (1,882.8/km2) 1967
McMinnville † Yamhill 34,319 32,187 +6.62% 10.58 27.4 3,243.8/sq mi (1,252.4/km2) 1876
Medford † Jackson 85,824 74,907 +14.57% 25.89 67.1 3,314.9/sq mi (1,279.9/km2) 1885
Merrill Klamath 821 844 −2.73% 0.46 1.2 1,784.8/sq mi (689.1/km2) 1903
Metolius Jefferson 978 710 +37.75% 0.48 1.2 2,037.5/sq mi (786.7/km2) 1913
Mill City Marion,
Linn 		1,971 1,855 +6.25% 0.86 2.2 2,291.9/sq mi (884.9/km2) 1947
Millersburg Linn 2,919 1,329 +119.64% 4.46 11.6 654.5/sq mi (252.7/km2) 1974
Milton-Freewater Umatilla 7,151 7,050 +1.43% 2.03 5.3 3,522.7/sq mi (1,360.1/km2) 1950
Milwaukie Clackamas,
Multnomah 		21,119 20,291 +4.08% 4.98 12.9 4,240.8/sq mi (1,637.4/km2) 1903
Mitchell Wheeler 138 130 +6.15% 1.28 3.3 107.8/sq mi (41.6/km2) 1891
Molalla Clackamas 10,228 8,108 +26.15% 2.42 6.3 4,226.4/sq mi (1,631.8/km2) 1913
Monmouth Polk 11,100 9,534 +16.43% 2.17 5.6 5,115.2/sq mi (1,975.0/km2) 1859
Monroe Benton 647 617 +4.86% 0.51 1.3 1,268.6/sq mi (489.8/km2) 1914
Monument Grant 115 128 −10.16% 0.51 1.3 225.5/sq mi (87.1/km2) 1905
Moro † Sherman 367 324 +13.27% 0.50 1.3 734.0/sq mi (283.4/km2) 1899
Mosier Wasco 468 433 +8.08% 0.46 1.2 1,017.4/sq mi (392.8/km2) 1914
Mount Vernon Grant 548 527 +3.98% 0.68 1.8 805.9/sq mi (311.2/km2) 1948
Mt. Angel Marion 3,392 3,286 +3.23% 1.14 3.0 2,975.4/sq mi (1,148.8/km2) 1893
Myrtle Creek Douglas 3,481 3,439 +1.22% 2.50 6.5 1,392.4/sq mi (537.6/km2) 1893
Myrtle Point Coos 2,475 2,514 −1.55% 1.61 4.2 1,537.3/sq mi (593.5/km2) 1887
Nehalem Tillamook 270 271 −0.37% 0.27 0.70 1,000.0/sq mi (386.1/km2) 1899
Newberg Yamhill 25,138 22,068 +13.91% 5.91 15.3 4,253.5/sq mi (1,642.3/km2) 1889
Newport † Lincoln 10,256 9,989 +2.67% 9.98 25.8 1,027.7/sq mi (396.8/km2) 1882
North Bend Coos 10,317 9,695 +6.42% 3.93 10.2 2,625.2/sq mi (1,013.6/km2) 1903
North Plains Washington 3,441 1,947 +76.73% 1.09 2.8 3,156.9/sq mi (1,218.9/km2) 1963
North Powder Union 504 439 +14.81% 0.63 1.6 800.0/sq mi (308.9/km2) 1903
Nyssa Malheur 3,198 3,267 −2.11% 1.55 4.0 2,063.2/sq mi (796.6/km2) 1903
Oakland Douglas 934 927 +0.76% 0.73 1.9 1,279.5/sq mi (494.0/km2) 1878
Oakridge Lane 3,206 3,205 +0.03% 2.16 5.6 1,484.3/sq mi (573.1/km2) 1935
Ontario Malheur 11,645 11,366 +2.45% 5.17 13.4 2,252.4/sq mi (869.7/km2) 1899
Oregon City † Clackamas 37,572 31,859 +17.93% 10.05 26.0 3,738.5/sq mi (1,443.4/km2) 1844
Paisley Lake 250 243 +2.88% 0.43 1.1 581.4/sq mi (224.5/km2) 1911
Pendleton † Umatilla 17,107 16,612 +2.98% 11.44 29.6 1,495.4/sq mi (577.4/km2) 1880
Philomath Benton 5,350 4,584 +16.71% 2.02 5.2 2,648.5/sq mi (1,022.6/km2) 1882
Phoenix Jackson 4,475 4,538 −1.39% 1.43 3.7 3,129.4/sq mi (1,208.3/km2) 1910
Pilot Rock Umatilla 1,328 1,502 −11.58% 1.45 3.8 915.9/sq mi (353.6/km2) 1911
Port Orford Curry 1,146 1,133 +1.15% 1.56 4.0 734.6/sq mi (283.6/km2) 1935
Portland † Multnomah,
Washington,
Clackamas 		652,503 583,776 +11.77% 133.45 345.6 4,889.5/sq mi (1,887.8/km2) 1851
Powers Coos 710 689 +3.05% 0.58 1.5 1,224.1/sq mi (472.6/km2) 1945
Prairie City Grant 841 909 −7.48% 0.99 2.6 849.5/sq mi (328.0/km2) 1891
Prescott Columbia 82 55 +49.09% 0.07 0.18 1,171.4/sq mi (452.3/km2) 1947
Prineville † Crook 10,736 9,253 +16.03% 12.83 33.2 836.8/sq mi (323.1/km2) 1880
Rainier Columbia 1,911 1,895 +0.84% 4.08 10.6 468.4/sq mi (180.8/km2) 1885
Redmond Deschutes 33,274 26,215 +26.93% 18.26 47.3 1,822.2/sq mi (703.6/km2) 1910
Reedsport Douglas 4,310 4,154 +3.76% 2.07 5.4 2,082.1/sq mi (803.9/km2) 1919
Richland Baker 165 156 +5.77% 0.11 0.28 1,500.0/sq mi (579.2/km2) 1917
Riddle Douglas 1,214 1,185 +2.45% 0.64 1.7 1,896.9/sq mi (732.4/km2) 1893
Rivergrove Clackamas,
Washington 		545 289 +88.58% 0.17 0.44 3,205.9/sq mi (1,237.8/km2) 1971
Rockaway Beach Tillamook 1,441 1,312 +9.83% 1.60 4.1 900.6/sq mi (347.7/km2) 1942
Rogue River Jackson 2,407 2,131 +12.95% 0.97 2.5 2,481.4/sq mi (958.1/km2) 1912
Roseburg † Douglas 23,683 21,181 +11.81% 10.72 27.8 2,209.2/sq mi (853.0/km2) 1868
Rufus Sherman 268 249 +7.63% 1.18 3.1 227.1/sq mi (87.7/km2) 1965
Salem ‡ Marion,
Polk 		175,535 154,637 +13.51% 48.80 126.4 3,597.0/sq mi (1,388.8/km2) 1857
Sandy Clackamas 12,612 9,570 +31.79% 3.57 9.2 3,532.8/sq mi (1,364.0/km2) 1911
Scappoose Columbia 8,010 6,592 +21.51% 3.43 8.9 2,335.3/sq mi (901.7/km2) 1921
Scio Linn 956 838 +14.08% 0.41 1.1 2,331.7/sq mi (900.3/km2) 1866
Scotts Mills Marion 419 357 +17.37% 0.36 0.93 1,163.9/sq mi (449.4/km2) 1916
Seaside Clatsop 7,115 6,457 +10.19% 3.89 10.1 1,829.0/sq mi (706.2/km2) 1899
Seneca Grant 165 199 −17.09% 0.80 2.1 206.3/sq mi (79.6/km2) 1970
Shady Cove Jackson 3,081 2,904 +6.10% 1.95 5.1 1,580.0/sq mi (610.0/km2) 1972
Shaniko Wasco 30 36 −16.67% 0.50 1.3 60.0/sq mi (23.2/km2) 1901
Sheridan Yamhill 6,233 6,127 +1.73% 2.10 5.4 2,968.1/sq mi (1,146.0/km2) 1880
Sherwood Washington 20,450 18,194 +12.40% 4.83 12.5 4,234.0/sq mi (1,634.7/km2) 1893
Siletz Lincoln 1,230 1,212 +1.49% 0.63 1.6 1,952.4/sq mi (753.8/km2) 1946
Silverton Marion 10,484 9,222 +13.68% 3.51 9.1 2,986.9/sq mi (1,153.2/km2) 1885
Sisters Deschutes 3,064 2,038 +50.34% 1.93 5.0 1,587.6/sq mi (613.0/km2) 1946
Sodaville Linn 360 308 +16.88% 0.31 0.80 1,161.3/sq mi (448.4/km2) 1880
Spray Wheeler 139 160 −13.12% 0.29 0.75 479.3/sq mi (185.1/km2) 1958
Springfield Lane 61,851 59,403 +4.12% 15.85 41.1 3,902.3/sq mi (1,506.7/km2) 1885
St. Helens † Columbia 13,817 12,883 +7.25% 4.82 12.5 2,866.6/sq mi (1,106.8/km2) 1889
St. Paul Marion 434 421 +3.09% 0.29 0.75 1,496.6/sq mi (577.8/km2) 1901
Stanfield Umatilla 2,144 2,043 +4.94% 1.51 3.9 1,419.9/sq mi (548.2/km2) 1910
Stayton Marion 8,244 7,644 +7.85% 3.08 8.0 2,676.6/sq mi (1,033.5/km2) 1901
Sublimity Marion 2,967 2,681 +10.67% 0.94 2.4 3,156.4/sq mi (1,218.7/km2) 1903
Summerville Union 119 135 −11.85% 0.26 0.67 457.7/sq mi (176.7/km2) 1885
Sumpter Baker 204 204 0.00% 2.18 5.6 93.6/sq mi (36.1/km2) 1901
Sutherlin Douglas 8,524 7,810 +9.14% 6.47 16.8 1,317.5/sq mi (508.7/km2) 1911
Sweet Home Linn 9,828 8,925 +10.12% 5.30 13.7 1,854.3/sq mi (716.0/km2) 1893
Talent Jackson 6,282 6,066 +3.56% 1.33 3.4 4,723.3/sq mi (1,823.7/km2) 1910
Tangent Linn 1,231 1,164 +5.76% 3.78 9.8 325.7/sq mi (125.7/km2) 1893
The Dalles † Wasco 16,010 13,620 +17.55% 6.66 17.2 2,403.9/sq mi (928.2/km2) 1857
Tigard Washington 54,539 48,035 +13.54% 12.67 32.8 4,304.6/sq mi (1,662.0/km2) 1961
Tillamook † Tillamook 5,204 4,935 +5.45% 1.90 4.9 2,738.9/sq mi (1,057.5/km2) 1891
Toledo Lincoln 3,546 3,465 +2.34% 2.15 5.6 1,649.3/sq mi (636.8/km2) 1905
Troutdale Multnomah 16,300 15,962 +2.12% 5.95 15.4 2,739.5/sq mi (1,057.7/km2) 1907
Tualatin Washington,
Clackamas 		27,942 26,054 +7.25% 8.28 21.4 3,374.6/sq mi (1,303.0/km2) 1913
Turner Marion 2,454 1,854 +32.36% 1.43 3.7 1,716.1/sq mi (662.6/km2) 1905
Ukiah Umatilla 159 186 −14.52% 0.24 0.62 662.5/sq mi (255.8/km2) 1969
Umatilla Umatilla 7,363 6,906 +6.62% 4.91 12.7 1,499.6/sq mi (579.0/km2) 1864
Union Union 2,152 2,121 +1.46% 2.49 6.4 864.3/sq mi (333.7/km2) 1878
Unity Baker 40 71 −43.66% 0.64 1.7 62.5/sq mi (24.1/km2) 1972
Vale † Malheur 1,894 1,874 +1.07% 1.14 3.0 1,661.4/sq mi (641.5/km2) 1889
Veneta Lane 5,214 4,561 +14.32% 2.57 6.7 2,028.8/sq mi (783.3/km2) 1962
Vernonia Columbia 2,374 2,151 +10.37% 1.64 4.2 1,447.6/sq mi (558.9/km2) 1891
Waldport Lincoln 2,249 2,033 +10.62% 2.72 7.0 826.8/sq mi (319.2/km2) 1911
Wallowa Wallowa 796 808 −1.49% 0.61 1.6 1,304.9/sq mi (503.8/km2) 1899
Warrenton Clatsop 6,277 4,989 +25.82% 12.66 32.8 495.8/sq mi (191.4/km2) 1899
Wasco Sherman 417 410 +1.71% 1.01 2.6 412.9/sq mi (159.4/km2) 1901
Waterloo Linn 222 229 −3.06% 0.12 0.31 1,850.0/sq mi (714.3/km2) 1893
West Linn Clackamas 27,373 25,109 +9.02% 7.43 19.2 3,684.1/sq mi (1,422.4/km2) 1913
Westfir Lane 259 253 +2.37% 0.31 0.80 835.5/sq mi (322.6/km2) 1979
Weston Umatilla 706 667 +5.85% 0.68 1.8 1,038.2/sq mi (400.9/km2) 1878
Wheeler Tillamook 422 414 +1.93% 0.52 1.3 811.5/sq mi (313.3/km2) 1914
Willamina Yamhill,
Polk 		2,239 2,025 +10.57% 0.94 2.4 2,381.9/sq mi (919.7/km2) 1903
Wilsonville Clackamas,
Washington 		26,664 19,509 +36.68% 7.51 19.5 3,550.5/sq mi (1,370.8/km2) 1969
Winston Douglas 5,625 5,379 +4.57% 2.76 7.1 2,038.0/sq mi (786.9/km2) 1953
Wood Village Multnomah 4,387 3,878 +13.13% 0.94 2.4 4,667.0/sq mi (1,801.9/km2) 1951
Woodburn Marion 26,013 24,080 +8.03% 5.86 15.2 4,439.1/sq mi (1,713.9/km2) 1889
Yachats Lincoln 994 690 +44.06% 0.91 2.4 1,092.3/sq mi (421.7/km2) 1967
Yamhill Yamhill 1,147 1,024 +12.01% 0.49 1.3 2,340.8/sq mi (903.8/km2) 1891
Yoncalla Douglas 1,021 1,047 −2.48% 0.67 1.7 1,523.9/sq mi (588.4/km2) 1901

Former cities

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List of former cities in Oregon
Name County[17] Incorporated Disincorporated Notes Ref.
Albina Multnomah 1887 1891 Annexed by Portland [19][20]
Beaver Hill Coos 1896 1926 Abandoned after the closure of the Beaver Hill coal mine [21][22]
Damascus Clackamas 2004 2020 Approved in 2016, confirmed by Oregon Supreme Court in 2020[b] [23][24]
East Portland Multnomah 1870 1891 Annexed by Portland [25]
Freewater Umatilla 1902 1950 Consolidated with Milton to form Milton-Freewater [26][27]
Glenada Lane 1912 1922 Abandoned due to encroaching sand dunes [28]
Hammond Clatsop 1899 1991 Consolidated into Warrenton [29][30]
Juntura Malheur 1913 1977 Dissolved and returned city charter to county government [31]
Lemati Lane 1894 1899 Consolidated into Cottage Grove [32]
Linnton Multnomah 1910 1915 Annexed by Portland [20][33]
Milton Umatilla 1886 1950 Consolidated with Freewater to form Milton-Freewater [27]
Orenco Washington 1913 1938 Later annexed by Hillsboro [34]
Rajneeshpuram Wasco 1982 1985 Abandoned after sale of the Big Muddy Ranch amid legal disputes with the state government [35][36]
St. Johns Multnomah 1903 1915 Annexed by Portland [20][37]
Sellwood Multnomah 1887 1893 Annexed by Portland [25][20]
West Salem Polk 1913 1949 Consolidated into Salem [38]
Willamette Clackamas 1908 1916 Annexed by West Linn [39][40]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ If a municipality spans multiple counties, the counties are listed in the order given by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) with the primary county first.[17]
  2. ^ A disincorporation vote was approved by Damascus residents in 2016, but was ruled invalid by the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2019.[23] The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the measure was valid in 2020, allowing for the disincorporation to be completed.[24]

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  12. ^ a b "So, You Want to Run for Local Office...A Guide for Prospective City Elected Officials" (PDF). League of Oregon Cities. February 2025. pp. 6–7. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
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  22. ^ "Beaver Hill to Dis-Incorporate". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. May 28, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ a b Harbarger, Molly (May 1, 2019). "Oregon Court to Damascus: You're a city whether you like it or not". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  24. ^ a b Keizur, Christopher (September 5, 2020). "Oregon Supreme Court finds Damascus disincorporation valid". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  25. ^ a b Terry, John (October 21, 2007). "Portland is sum of many parts". The Oregonian. p. D4. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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  27. ^ a b Foss, Chris (November 22, 2022). "Milton-Freewater". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  28. ^ Tims, Marvin (October 7, 1962). "Boom Town Now Just a Wide Spot". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 7A. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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  34. ^ Parks, Casey (March 18, 2011). "Orenco balks at talk of sidewalks in historic Hillsboro neighborhood". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
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  37. ^ "Mayor of St. Johns: Charles Cook, Telegraph Operator, Is Chosen". The Oregonian. March 17, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. ^ Zimmerman, Andy (March 24, 2016). "Heritage: Building a reminder of West Salem as city". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  39. ^ "Willamette's First Mayor". The Oregonian. March 4, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. ^ "Merger Election Carries". The Oregonian. February 15, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved July 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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