Just the Facts about Oregon City
Population per 2010 Census - 31,859
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Climate (Source: Oregon Climate Service)
| Monthly Avg. Low | 35F |
| Monthly Avg. High | 82F |
| Hottest Month | August |
| Coldest Month | January |
| Driest Month | July |
| Wettest Month | December |
| Avg. Annual Precipitation | 47.060 |
| Avg. July Humid | 62% |
| Avg. Jan. Humid | 82% |
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Oregon City Firsts
- First provisional legislature met in 1843; declared Oregon City capitol in 1844.
- First incorporated city west of the Rockies in 1844.
- First newspaper in the West, The Spectator in 1846.
- First territorial legislature of Oregon Territory met in 1849.
- First official plat for San Francisco, filed in Oregon City in 1850.
- First Northwest city fire department opened in 1854.
- First paper mill in Oregon Country in 1866.
- First navigation locks in the Northwest in 1872–73.
- First long distance transmission line of electricity in the nation, Oregon City to Portland, in 1889.