Bridgeton

Bridgeton is a compact neighborhood of detached houses, rowhouses, apartment and condominium complexes, and houseboats in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It occupies a narrow strip of land around a levee between the Columbia River (North Portland Harbor) and Bridgeton Slough. In 1907 a one-room schoolhouse, the Columbia School, was constructed in the area. Between 1915 and 1930 housing was developed in the area, which was the terminus of the Vancouver Interurban streetcar line. The Faloma post office served the area from August 13, 1921 to June 15, 1935; the USGS still uses this name for the place. (According to Oregon Geographic Names, Faloma was an acronym for the surnames of local landowners Force, Love, and...