Rhododendron, Oregon

Rhododendron
Unincorporated community and Census designated place
The Alderbrook Lodge
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Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 121°52′46″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clackamas
Elevation [1]	2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97049
Area code(s)	503 and 971
GNIS feature ID	2805458[1]

Rhododendron is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Government Camp and Zigzag on U.S. Route 26 (a.k.a. the Mount Hood Scenic Byway).^[2] It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.

A post office was established in the area in 1909 and named "Rowe" after Henry S. Rowe, a mayor of Portland, Oregon, who was interested in developing the state's scenic attractions.^[3] In 1917 the office was renamed "Zig Zag" and shortly thereafter "Zigzag".^[3] (The name was later reused for the post office in the current community of Zigzag.)^[3] In 1920 the office was renamed "Rhododendron" because of the large number of rhododendrons growing near there.^[3] The community started out as a summer resort colony, but with the increased popularity of skiing, it became a year-round settlement.^[3]

See also

• Mount Hood Village CDP

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rhododendron, Oregon
2. "Rhododendron". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 807. ISBN 978-0875952772.