Орегон штатындағы Форест-Гров қаласының тарихы мен географиясы

Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, 25 mile (40 km) west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850, then incorporated in 1872, making it the first city in Washington County The population was 21,083 at the 2010 census, an increase of 19.1% over the 2000 figure (17,708). Located in the Tualatin Valley, Oregon routes 8, and 47 pass through Forest Grove with 47 and 8 signed as the Tualatin Valley Highway south and east of the main part of the city, respectively, Oregon Route 8 signed as Gales Creek Road west of the city, and Oregon Route 47 signed as the Nehalem Highway north of the city. Pacific University has been the most distinctive aspect of the town throughout its history. Old College Hall on campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with nine other structures in the city.

Prior to the 1840s when Euro Americans settled the area, the Atfalati band of the Kalapuya Native American tribe lived on the Tualatin Plains in what is now Forest Grove. In 1841, Alvin T. and Abigail Smith were among the earliest to use the Oregon Trail and settled on what was first known as West Tualatin Plain. They overwintered with Henry Harmon Spalding, arriving in what is now Forest Grove in the fall. Intending to be missionaries, they found little potential as most of the natives had succumbed to European diseases. Smith served as the community's first postmaster beginning on February 1, 1850, and his log cabin served as the post office. In 1880, the now Chemawa Indian School opened in the city to forcibly assimilate Native American children, but moved to Salem in 1884. The city started the Fire Department in 1894. The population reached nearly 1,300 in 1900. and in January 1914, competitor Southern Pacific (SP) followed suit, opening its own line, separate from OE's. There are 12 properties individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places and two historic districts: the 18 block Clark Historic District with homes dating as far back as 1854 (and several dozen pre 1900) and the Painter's Woods Historic District. These include the Alvin T. Smith House, First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Old College Hall. The Oregon Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion 218th Field Artillery Regiment is headquartered in Forest Grove.

Forest Grove is located on the western edge of the Portland metropolitan area and the Willamette Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.88 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.74 square miles (15 km2) is land and 0.14 square miles (0 km2) is water. One of the largest Giant Sequoia trees of the state of Oregon can be found in Forest Grove.

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Forest Grove has a warm summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

As of the census of 2010, there were 21,083 people, 7,385 households, and 4,871 families residing in the city. The population density was There were 7,845 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 78.8% White, 0.8% African American, 1.1% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 12.5% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.1% of the population. There were 7,385 households, of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.0% were non families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.31. Line 57 connects the city with Hillsboro and Beaverton, via the Tualatin Valley Highway, and links Forest Grove with the Portland region's light rail system (MAX) in Hillsboro. Yamhill County Transit Area (YCTA) bus line 33 Hillsboro/MAX also stops in Forest Grove weekdays, at the intersection of Pacific Avenue & Highway 47 (Quince Street), and runs from Hillsboro to Gaston, Cove Orchard, Yamhill, Carlton & McMinnville via Highway 47, where riders can transfer to other YCTA buses running throughout Yamhill County. Forest Grove also has a free, non profit bus service provided by Ride Connection called "GroveLink," which goes through the suburban areas of the city.

In the 1990s, filming for the television show, Nowhere Man, took place in Forest Grove numerous times. In 2015, an episode of The Librarians was filmed at Pacific University and two other sites in Forest Grove. The city's historic Forest Theater hosted a free public screening of the episode at the same time it aired on TV
The 2019 series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists was filmed in Forest Grove, mostly at Pacific University. The series, a spinoff of the popular Pretty Little Liars, ended its one and only 10 episode season in May 2019.