Clackamas (KLAK-uh-muhs), county (1,879 sq mi/4,867 sq km; 1990 pop. 278,850), NW Oregon; Oregon City; 45°11'N 122°12'W. Cascade Range to E, drained by Willamette, Molalla, Sandy, and Clackamas rivers. Bounded in SW by Butte Creek. Highly urbanized in NW corner, from city of Portland to N. Agr. (apples, cherries, pears, plums, peaches, grapes, berries, wheat, oats, barley, corn, potatoes; sheep, hogs, cattle); nurseries. Part of Mt. Hood Natl. Forest in E, including Mt. Hood (11,239 ft/3,426 m), the highest mt. in Oregon, on border bet. Clackamas and Hood cos. Table Rock Wilderness Area in S; Milo McIver State Park in N center. Molalla R., Mary S. Young, and part of Tryon Creek state parks in NW. Founded in 1843.
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Oregon City; 45°11'N 122°12'W. Cascade Range to E, drained by Willamette, Molalla, Sandy, and Clackamas rivers. Bounded in SW by Butte Creek. Highly urbanized in NW corner, from city of Portland to N. Agr. (apples, cherries, pears, plums, peaches, grapes, berries, wheat, oats, barley, corn, potatoes; sheep, hogs, cattle); nurseries. Part of Mt. Hood Natl. Forest in E, including Mt. Hood (11,239 ft/3,426 m), the highest mt. in Oregon, on border bet. Clackamas and Hood cos. Table Rock Wilderness Area in S; Milo McIver State Park in N center. Molalla R., Mary S. Young, and part of Tryon Creek state parks in NW. Founded in 1843.
