Creston-Kenilworth, Portland, Oregon Explained

Creston-Kenilworth
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Map Alt:Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood boundaries
Coordinates:45.4933°N -122.6226°W
Coordinates Footnotes:PDF map
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oregon
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Portland
Leader Title1:Association
Leader Title2:Coalition
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Km2:2.08
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:8234
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Demographics Type1:Housing
Demographics1 Title1:No. of households
Demographics1 Info1:3514
Demographics1 Title2:Occupancy rate
Demographics1 Info2:95% occupied
Demographics1 Info3:1330 households (38%)
Demographics1 Title4:Renting
Demographics1 Info4:2184 households (62%)
Demographics1 Title5:Avg. household size
Demographics1 Info5:2.34 persons

Creston-Kenilworth is a neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon, lying between SE 26th Ave. on the west and SE Foster Rd. (to SE 61st Ave.) on the east, and between SE Powell Blvd. on the north and SE Holgate Blvd. on the south. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn to the west, Hosford-Abernethy, and Richmond to the north, Foster-Powell and Mt. Scott-Arleta to the east, and Reed and Woodstock to the south.

Parks include Creston Park (1920) and Kenilworth Park (1909).

According to Portland Parks & Recreation, the Kenilworth neighborhood was platted in 1889 and is "named after Sir Walter Scott's 1821 novel Kenilworth, a romantic novel set in Elizabethan England. Many of the streets in the neighborhood took their names from this novel and other novels by Scott."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.portlandmaps.com/detail.cfm?action=Census&x=7657851.465&y=673105.402 Demographics (2000)
  2. Web site: Kenilworth Park.