Sandy, Oregon Sandy, Oregon Downtown Sandy in 2003 Downtown Sandy in 2003 Sandy is a town/city located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, and titled after the close-by Sandy River. The town/city serves as the gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor, 25 miles (40 km) from Portland.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 9,570. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.14 square miles (8.13 km2), all of it land. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Sandy has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Jonsrud Viewpoint in Sandy.
Many citizens who consider themselves people of Sandy live inside a 6-to-8-mile (10 to 13 km) radius of the town/city along various well-populated non-urban roads, as well as U.S.
Postal Service, the 2006 populace of the 97055 ZIP code, which includes territory outside the town/city limits, was 16,370.
As of the census of 2010, there were 9,570 citizens , 3,567 homeholds, and 2,486 families residing in the city.
There are three schools inside Sandy's town/city limits: Sandy Grade School, Cedar Ridge Middle School and Sandy High School.
Route 26 runs through the middle of Sandy, forming downtown Sandy's Pioneer and Proctor Boulevards.
Sandy is the northern end of Oregon Route 211.
From at least the 1940s through the 1960s, bus transit service connecting Sandy with Gresham and Portland was provided by a private business titled Portland Stages, Inc. This service was taken over by Tri - Met, a then-new enhance agency, in 1970, and Tri - Met continued to furnish transit service to Sandy until 2000.
Since the beginning of 2000, Sandy has directed its own enhance transit system, the Sandy Area Metro, which joins with Tri-Met's MAX light rail line at the Gresham Transit Center and the Mountain Express.
Sandy River Airport The Sandy Post is the community's weekly newspaper, and is the official journal of record for the city's legal notices. Sandy is the home of the annual Sandy Mountain Festival, the Sandy Oktoberfest and the annual Hometown Holiday Festival and Parade.
Hood and the Sandy River valley.
This viewpoint was donated to the City of Sandy by Philip Jonsrud, a son of early pioneer and lifelong resident of Sandy.
Also known as 'The heart and soul of Sandy Oregon.' United States Enumeration Bureau.
Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press.
Climate Summary for Sandy, Oregon "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
"Sandy Post".
City of Sandy.
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City of Sandy (official website) Entry for Sandy in the Oregon Blue Book Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
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