Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MAS-kəs) is a census-designated place and former city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

Established in 1867, it was incorporated in 2004 in an effort to enable local land use decision-making control by the community.

Damascus is located east of Happy Valley and Interstate 205 and west of Boring.

The original heart of the community is along Oregon Route 212, which as of 2004 served as part of the city's southern boundary.

[citation needed] This included a vote to disincorporate the city and to recall the mayor in 2013.

[9] The court held that the voter turnout did not reach the State's fifty percent threshold and therefore should have been invalidated back in 2016.

[10][9] On September 3, 2020, the Oregon Supreme Court reinstated the disincorporation vote of 2016 and the city no longer exists.

[citation needed] Damascus is served by the North Clackamas, Oregon Trail, Estacada, Centennial, and Gresham-Barlow school districts.