Troutdale is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, immediately north of Gresham and east of Wood Village.

[7] Troutdale was named by pioneer John Harlow for the trout pond in a dale near his house.

[7] In 1925, a company, the Bissinger Wool Pullery, was moved from Sellwood, Oregon, and opened for business on Macadam Road along the west bank of the Sandy River.

column because a cat was reportedly found in a stack of animal hides that the company was going to use for its products.

The cat was taken care of and became the company's mascot, and was said to have lived a long and healthy life.

[11] The Reynolds plant in Troutdale was established in 1941 to provide aluminum for the war effort.

[11] The nearby city of Wood Village was a company town founded to house workers from the Reynolds plant.

[13] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C).

Periodically, strong east winds emerge from the Columbia River Gorge that affect the city's temperature and general climate.

As a result, several businesses and locations utilize the East Wind identifier in their names or services.

The ancestry of the city was 17.7% English, 16.8% German, 16.8% Irish, 2.4% Italian, 2.2% Scottish, 1.7% Norwegian, 1.0% French, 0.7% Sub Saharan African, and 0.6% Polish.

The local economy has shifted since the start of the century as the Portland region continues to grow.

While the majority of residents work in Portland or Gresham, recent industrial development related to at the Port of Portland's Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park has helped turned the community into a jobs center for the region.

Other major employers include Amazon, Reynolds School District, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Albertsons/Safeway, The Home Depot, and McMenamins.

Troutdale is the home of one of the most notable locations of the local McMenamins brewpub and hotel chain, the 38-acre (150,000 m2) Edgefield, which was formerly the Multnomah County Poor Farm.

Electric interurban service connecting Troutdale with Gresham began in 1907, operated by the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company and connecting in Gresham with interurban service through to Portland.

Sunrise Park consists of a half-mile-long looping trail with views of Mount Hood and rentable community garden beds.