Laurelwood is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States.

The community is located southwest of the Portland metropolitan area near Oregon Route 47 along Laurelwood Road, to the east of the city of Gaston and Wapato Lake.

[13] The population is composed partially of retirees and former students and teachers of Laurelwood Academy.

[20] Laurelwood is within Oregon's 1st congressional district, represented by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici.

[22][23] The name comes from the abundance of laurel trees above the valley that stretch to the top of Bald Peak atop the mountain to the east.

[22] The area also lends its name to a type of soil composed of silt loam.

[25][26] Laurelwood Academy was established in 1904 on the Walker land claim, with a chapel added in 1908.

[3] Laurelwood Academy was closed in 1985 after enrollment had declined at the schools of the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Recently, the former academy buildings housed the Mission College of Evangelism run by Carol and Louis Torres.

[28] Even more recently, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, half of the academy buildings housed Ananda Laurelwood, a spiritual retreat.