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Hood River County, Oregon

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35historic places

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1908formed

23,977pop. 2020

23cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Hood River, Parkdale, Cascade Locks.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oregon is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hood River titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Butler Bank	Hood River	Building	2000
Cascade Locks Marine Park	Cascade Locks	Structure	1974
Cascade Locks Work Center	Cascade Locks	Building	1986
Cliff Lodge	Hood River	Building	2000
Cloud Cap Inn	Mt. Hood	Building	1974
Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Recreation Area Historic District	Parkdale	District	1981
Colby, Ernest S. and Clara C., House	Hood River	Building	2000
Columbia Gorge Hotel	Hood River	Building	1979
Copple, Simpson, House	Hood River	Building	1987
Davidson-Childs House	Hood River	Building	1989
DeHart, Edward J., House	Hood River	Building	1990
Duckwall, John C., House	Hood River	Building	1989
First National Bank of Hood River	Hood River	Building	2006
Hartley, Orrin B., House	Hood River	Building	1989
Heilbronner Block	Hood River	Building	2006
Hill, Martin and Carrie, House	Hood River	Building	2007
Hood River County Library and Georgiana Smith Park	Hood River	Building	1998
Hood River High School	Hood River	Building	1999
IOOF-Paris Fair Building	Hood River	Building	1990
Loomis, Robert and Mabel, House	Hood River	Building	1990
Mt. Hood Hotel Annex	Hood River	Building	1994
Mt. Hood Railroad Linear Historic District	Hood River	District	1994
Mt. Hood School House	Mt. Hood	Building	1987
Murphy, Lester and Hazel, House	Hood River	Building	1990
Oak Grove Schoolhouse	Hood River	Building	1979
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Passenger Station	Hood River	Building	1988
Parkdale Ranger Station	Parkdale	Building	1986
Potter, Miles B. and Eleanor, House	Hood River	Building	1992
Ries-Thompson House	Parkdale	Building	1992
Shaw-Dumble House	Hood River	Building	1990
Slade, J. E., House	Hood River	Building	1989
Smith, E. L., Building	Hood River	Building	1991
Thompson, Clark, House	Cascade Locks	Building	1989
Valley Theater	Parkdale	Building	1990
Waucoma Hotel	Hood River	Building	1981

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hood River was formed in 1908 (1908-06-23) from Wasco.

HOOD RVER created from WASCO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hood River County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,016	8,315	11,580	12,740	13,395	15,835	20,411	23,977

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

23 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Cascade Locks Cemetery	45.67156	-121.88801
Cushman's Pasture Cemetery	45.71183	-121.55207
Frankton Cemetery	45.70772	-121.55988
Freddie Masterson Grave	45.67206	-121.8887
George W Weart Grave	None	None
Harry Wollam Grave	45.50038	-121.68143
Homesteader Grave	45.55743	-121.5818
Hood River County Cemetery	45.68521	-121.52779
Idlewilde Cemetery	45.69202	-121.5253
Jackson Family Cemetery	45.63293	-121.49887
John G Fischer Grave	None	None
McIsaac Ranch Cemetery	None	None
McQuinn Cemetery	45.68195	-121.8527
Mount Hood Community Cemetery	45.55197	-121.56945
Mountain View Memorial Cemetery	45.68436	-121.52809
Oak Grove Cemetery	None	None
Pine Grove Butte Cemetery	45.65292	-121.50274
Saint Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium	45.70635	-121.5224
Saint Mary's Cemetery	45.68516	-121.5284
Shelley Family Cemetery	45.62122	-121.51839
Upper Valley Cemetery	45.52653	-121.58401
Viento Cemetery	None	None
Wyeth Cemetery	45.69067	-121.78842

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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