Clackamas County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the native people living in the area at the time of the coming of Europeans, the Clackamas people, who are part of the Chinookan peoples.
Image: Willamette Falls from drone
Image: Government Camp at night horizontal 237 (8408218339)
Image: Spire of the Portland Oregon Temple, 2018
Image: Clackamas County Courthouse (Clackamas County, Oregon scenic images) (clac D0034)
Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 37,572. Established in 1829 by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1844 it became the first U.S. city west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated.
The McLoughlin House, est. 1845
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River by John Mix Stanley, c. 1850s (Amon Carter Museum of American Art)
Willamette Falls and a paper mill at Oregon City, on the Willamette River
Municipal Elevator in Oregon City