Buckman, Portland, Oregon

Buckman
Neighborhood
Location in Portland
Coordinates: 45°31′05″N 122°39′13″W / 45.51792°N 122.65364°W / 45.51792; -122.65364map
Country	United States
State	Oregon
City	Portland
Government
• Association	Buckman Community Association
• Coalition	Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
• Total	1.15 sq mi (2.99 km2)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	8,472
• Density	7,300/sq mi (2,800/km2)
Housing [1]
• No. of households	4603
• Occupancy rate	95% occupied
• Owner-occupied	743 households (16.1%)
• Renting	3860 households (84%)
• Avg. household size	1.74 persons

Buckman is a neighborhood in the Southeast section (and a small portion of the Northeast section) of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood is bounded by the Willamette River on the west, E Burnside St. on the north (except for a triangle between NE 12th Ave. and NE 14th Ave. in which NE Sandy Blvd. forms the northern border), SE 28th Ave. on the east, and SE Hawthorne Blvd. on the south.

Schools in the neighborhood include Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School (part of Portland Public Schools) and Central Catholic High School.

The neighborhood is named for late 19th century

Three bridges connect Buckman to neighborhoods in Southwest Portland across the Willamette: the

Two retail districts lie partially within Buckman: the Belmont District and the Hawthorne District.

The neighborhood also includes Lone Fir Cemetery (1855), Colonel Summers Park (1921), Buckman Community Garden (1980), and much of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (opened 2001).

References

External links

• Central Eastside Industrial Council
• Belmont Area Business Association (BABA)
• Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association
• Guide to Buckman Neighborhood (PortlandNeighborhood.com)
• Buckman neighborhood and community information
• Buckman Community Association
• Southeast Examiner Neighborhood Notes for Buckman
• Buckman Street Tree Inventory Report
• Buckman Neighborhood boundary map