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Cherry Grove was founded by Swedish immigrant August Lovegren in 1911. He had previously operated a lumber mill in Preston, Washington , after arriving in the United States in 1883. He wanted a name for the community that was connected with fruit growing, but his choice of "Appleton" was already taken by a place in Oregon.
Cherry Grove, Columbus County, North Carolina, an unincorporated community; Cherry Grove Beach, South Carolina, a neighborhood of the city of North Myrtle Beach sometimes known as Cherry Grove; Cherry Grove, Ohio, a census-designated place; Cherry Grove, Oregon, an unincorporated community; Cherry Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
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Dundee Lodge is a farm with several buildings built in the 1920s located near Gaston in the U.S. state of Oregon. The rustic property in rural Washington County was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Also known as the Dee Brook Farm (or Deebrook Farm), the property contains three buildings designed by E. E. Green.
Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area [ citation needed ] .
At Cherry Grove, the river passes under Roaring Creek Road, receives Roaring Creek from the right, passes under Bruce Road and Southwest S Road, and receives Hering Creek from the left. Thereafter, it flows under Northwest Mount Richmond Road and receives Mercer Creek from the left about 65 miles (105 km) from the river's mouth.
The nearby community of Cherry Grove was founded in 1911 as a logging hub and briefly eclipsed Gaston. [11] Gaston was formally incorporated in 1914. [12] By 1916, the town possessed a general store, bank, and other enterprises. [13] In early May 1935 workers at the Stimson Mill went on strike.
The development of a large electronics industry during the 1980s and 1990s is the dominating factor of the county economy, and contributing to the creation of Oregon's Silicon Forest. California-based Intel, Oregon's largest private-sector employer, [25] has its largest concentration of employees in the county, mainly in Hillsboro. [26]