Madison South is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. It is bordered by the Roseway

Roseway, Portland, Oregon

Roseway is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. It is bordered by the neighborhoods Cully to the north and west, Sumner to the northeast, Madison South to the east and south, and Rose City Park to the west....

, Sumner

Sumner, Portland, Oregon

Sumner is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, including the portion of the city of Maywood Park west of Interstate 205. The area includes Portland International Airport at its northern extreme but there are no residences surrounding it. Also the area north of Columbia Blvd...

, Cully

Cully, Portland, Oregon

Cully is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood, as well as NE Cully Blvd. that runs diagonally through it, is named after English stonemason Thomas Cully , an early settler...

, Parkrose

Parkrose, Portland, Oregon

Parkrose is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon.The Parkrose plat was filed October 5, 1911. A branch post office of Portland was established there in 1921....

, Montavilla

Montavilla, Portland, Oregon

Montavilla is a neighborhood in the Northeast and Southeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States, and contains an area of 82nd Avenue lasting from Glisan to Powell that contains many of the city's Chinese-owned businesses.In December 2008, the neighborhood association teamed up with the...

, and Rose City Park

Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon

Rose City Park is a neighborhood in Northeast Portland, Oregon. It borders Beaumont-Wilshire and the Hollywood District on the west, Cully on the north, Roseway and Madison South on the east, and Center on the south....

 neighborhoods, and by the enclave city of Maywood Park

Maywood Park, Oregon

Maywood Park is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon. The name came from a comment made by the wife of the man who developed the original subdivision, E.F. Taylor, who remarked one winter night how attractive the woods were in May...

. The neighborhood roughly conforms to the boundaries of Interstate 84

Interstate 84 in Oregon

In the U.S. state of Oregon, Interstate 84 travels east–west, following the Columbia River and the rough path of the old Oregon Trail from Portland east to Idaho. For this reason, it is also known as most of the Columbia River Highway No. 2 and all of the Old Oregon Trail Highway No. 6 . It...

 to the south, Interstate 205

Interstate 205 (Oregon-Washington)

Interstate 205 is a loop route that serves the Portland—Vancouver metropolitan area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. I-205 is officially named the War Veterans Memorial Freeway, and is also known as the East Portland Freeway...

 to the east, NE Sandy Boulevard to the north, and NE 65th Avenue to the west.

Notable features of Madison South include Rocky Butte

Rocky Butte

Rocky Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone butte in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is one of four, along with Kelly Butte, Powell Butte, and Mount Tabor, inside the city that are each home to a city park, Rocky Butte playing host to Joseph Wood Hill Park. It is also part of the Boring...

, an inactive volcanic cinder cone

Volcanic cone

Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic formations. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and size of the fragments ejected during the eruption...

; the Grotto

The Grotto

The National Sanctuary of our Sorrowful Mother, popularly known as The Grotto, is a Catholic sanctuary on Sandy Boulevard at Northeast 85th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, United States, set both at the foot of and on top of a cliff. A large meditation hall whose main chamber is at clifftop level extends...

, a Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 nature sanctuary

Sanctuary

A sanctuary is any place of safety. They may be categorized into human and non-human .- Religious sanctuary :A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place , or a consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.- Sanctuary as a sacred place :#Sanctuary as a sacred place:#:In...

; and the Alameda Ridge

Alameda Ridge

The Alameda Ridge is a large gravel bar located in Portland, Oregon, United States.-Geologic history:Alameda Ridge was formed between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age when the ice dam containing Glacial Lake Missoula collapsed some 40 times, causing some of the...

, a gravel bar left over from the Missoula Floods

Missoula Floods

The Missoula Floods refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. The glacial flood events have been researched since the 1920s...

. Notable structures include Madison High School

Madison High School (Portland, Oregon)

For other schools of the same name, see Madison High School.James Madison High School, known as Madison High School, is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1957 and named after James Madison, the fourth US President and coauthor of the Constitution. In 2005,...

, Gregory Heights Middle School, the MAX Light Rail NE 82nd Ave Station

Northeast 82nd Avenue (MAX station)

The Northeast 82nd Avenue station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines in Portland, Oregon. It is the 14th stop eastbound on the Eastside MAX....

, and the international headquarters of Banfield Pet Hospitals

Banfield (pet hospitals)

Banfield, the Pet Hospital is a privately owned company that operates veterinary clinics based in Portland, Oregon, United States. A subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, Banfield owns clinics in the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1955, the company operates many of its 700...

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