Maplewood is a suburban neighborhood in Southwest Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

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Location

Maplewood is on Portland's western border with Garden Home

Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

Garden Home-Whitford is a census-designated place consisting of the neighborhoods of Garden Home and the smaller Whitford area in Washington County, Oregon, United States. They are located in the southwest hills of Portland, near Beaverton. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,931.-...

, and on Multnomah County

Multnomah County, Oregon

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's western border with Washington County

Washington County, Oregon

- Major highways :* Interstate 5* Interstate 205* U.S. Route 26* Oregon Route 6* Oregon Route 8* Oregon Route 10* Oregon Route 47* Oregon Route 99W* Oregon Route 210* Oregon Route 217* Oregon Route 219-Demographics:...

. (Small portions of the neighborhood, and thus the city of Portland, extend into Washington County.) The neighborhood is defined as the area west of SW 45th Ave. to the city limit (at approximately SW 66th Ave.), between SW Vermont St. (the northern edge), and SW Multnomah Blvd. (the southern edge). There are many knolls and rolling hills in the neighborhood. Two tributaries of the Tualatin River and Fanno Creek traverse the area: Woods Creek and Vermont Creek. There are extensive green spaces. The street grid does not conform to the Portland much due the topography. Some streets conform to the grid, but dead end. Namesake Maplewood Road curves road from its start at the intersection with SW 45th Ave. and SW Multnomah Blvd., and until it becomes SW 52nd Ave. near Maplewood Elementary School. The Ashcreek

Ashcreek, Portland, Oregon

Ashcreek is a Southwest Portland, Oregon neighborhood. It borders Maplewood to the north, Multnomah and Crestwood to the east, Far Southwest to the south, and the Washington County communities of Garden Home-Whitford and Tigard to the west...

 neighborhood borders to the south, Hayhurst

Hayhurst, Portland, Oregon

Hayhurst is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon, on the border with Washington County...

 to the north, and Multnomah to the east, and Garden Home-Whitford CDP in unincorporated Washington County to the west.

Business

Maplewood is almost exclusively a residential neighborhood, with its only commercial businesses along its outer edge.

Neighborhood attractions

Well-hidden April Hill park contains a play structure, a soccer field, and a few trails leading to Woods Creek. Across 45th Ave from the neighborhood on its Northern corner is Gabriel Park

Gabriel Park

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 and the Southwest Community Center. Just outside the neighborhood's Western edge is the Garden Home Recreation Center. The Alpenrose Dairy

Alpenrose Dairy

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 is just to the North of the neighborhood, down Shattuck Road.

Worship

The only church in the center of the neighborhood is West Hills Friends Church (a Quaker church, Oregon Meeting). There are several churches on the outskirts of Maplewood: St. Luke Lutheran Church (ELCA) and St. John Fisher Catholic Church near Vermont or 45th Avenue, and Multnomah Presbyterian Churchare on 45th Avenue.

Education

There are several elementary schools in the neighborhood: Maplewood Elementary School, a K-5 school in the Portland Public Schools

Portland Public Schools, Oregon

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 district, and St. John Fisher, a Roman Catholic school.

Maplewood residents may attend Portland Public Schools

Portland Public Schools, Oregon

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Robert Gray Middle School (grades 6-8) and Wilson High School (grades 9-12) near the neighborhood.

External links

• Maplewood Neighborhood Association
• Gabriel Park
• PortlandConnected - A community site, including information about Portland neighborhoods, schools, restaurants, arts and culture