The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1845, Benjamin Cornelius immigrated to Oregon with his family, traveling with Joseph Meek. The Cornelius family settled on the Tualatin Plains, near what is now North Plains. The same year, Benjamin Q. Tucker and Solomon Emerick staked land claims and established farms on the land that would eventually become Cornelius. At that time, the area was called Free Orchards; there was no actual community, but the name referred to the orchards on the 107 acres (0.43 km2) of land.
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1 historic place in Cornelius
1 place in Cornelius is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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Then & now
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Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.