Garden Home–Whitford, Oregon

Garden Home-Whitford is a census-designated place (CDP)[2] consisting of the neighborhoods of Garden Home and the smaller Whitford area in Washington County, Oregon, United States.

[7] Whitford was a station on the same line, located at the present-day intersection of Allen Road and Scholls Ferry Road (Oregon Route 210); the name was created by combining the names of W.A.

White and A.C. Bedford, New York investors who were directors of the railway.

[8] Whitford station closed when the railway stopped running circa 1920 and, unlike Garden Home, which became the name of a Portland suburb, Whitford exists today primarily as the name of a Beaverton middle school.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all land.

There were 3,175 housing units at an average density of 1,675.2 per square mile (646.8/km2).

30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Oregon Electric Railway 's Garden Home Railway Depot c. 1911 . This structure stood on a trestle at the intersection of Multnomah Blvd and Garden Home Rd. Tracks on the left continued south to Nesmith, Metzger, and Greenburg. Tracks on the right continued northwest to Firlock, Fanno Creek, Whitford, and Beaverton. [ 5 ]
Washington County map