Marylhurst, Oregon is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county was named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, who were part of the Chinookan people. As of 2010, the population was 375,992...

, United States

United States

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. It is located approximately eight miles south of Portland

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...

, between Lake Oswego

Lake Oswego, Oregon

Lake Oswego is a city located primarily in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Small portions of the city are also located in neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located south of Portland surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in...

 and West Linn

West Linn, Oregon

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 on Oregon Route 43 near the Willamette River

Willamette River

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. Marylhurst is the home of Marylhurst University

Marylhurst University

Marylhurst University is a private Catholic liberal arts university located in Marylhurst, Oregon, United States, nine miles south of Portland on the Willamette River. It is among the oldest collegiate degree-granting institutions in Oregon, awarding its first degree in 1897...

 and its Art Gallery

The Marylhurst Art Gym

The Art Gym is a contemporary arts exhibition space at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon near Portland, United States.Since 1980, The Art Gym, under supervision of director and curator Terri M...

.

Some of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary is a teaching order founded at Longueuil, Québec, Canada in 1843 by Blessed Mother Marie-Rose for the Christian education of young girls.Their motto is: "Jésus et Marie, Ma Force et Ma Gloire" .Since 1843, the...

 moved to the area in 1908 when they purchased 63 acres (254,952.2 m²) between Lake Oswego and West Linn. The Sisters named the pastoral land Marylhurst, which means "Mary's Woods." Soon after, they re-named St. Mary's College, which they had moved from Portland

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...

, as Marylhurst University.

External links

• Marylhurst, Oregon (history information copied from Oregon Geographic Names
  Oregon Geographic Names
  Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon. , the book is in its seventh edition and is compiled and edited by Lewis L. McArthur, who took over from his father, Lewis A. McArthur, as of the fourth edition...
  
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