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St. Helens
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city in Oregon, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Columbia
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- Jennifer Massey
- Total
- 5.95 sq mi (15.41 km )
- Land
- 4.83 sq mi (12.51 km )
- Water
- 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km )
- Elevation
- 89 ft (27 m)
- Density
- 2,860.2/sq mi (1,104.33/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-64600
- Website
- https://www.sthelensoregon.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- St. Helens
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Columbia County
- Population
- 13817
- Area
- 14.271719
- Elevation
- 39
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Capital of
- Columbia County
- Official website
- www.ci.st-helens.or.us
- Image
- TheOldeSchoolStHelens.jpg
- Households
- 5204
- Dialing code
- 971
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- Commons category
- St. Helens, Oregon
- postal code
- 97051
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 17.7793
- per capita income
- 27990
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Helens is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon. It was founded by Captain Henry Montgomery Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845, as "Plymouth". The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens, roughly 39 miles (63 km) away in Washington. The city is about 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Portland. As of the 2020 census, St. Helens had a population of 13,817.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Helens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.