Sherwood

History

The name "Sherwood" came either after Sherwood Forest in England or Sherwood, Michigan In 1885, the Smocks gave a right-of-way on their property to the Portland and Willamette Valley Railway. The Smocks platted the town in 1889, the same year rail service began. Tradition has it that no one, not even the town's founders, liked the name "Smock Ville," and so a public meeting was held to rename the town. Robert Alexander, who was both a local resident and prominent businessman, suggested the name "Sherwood." According to post office records, Alexander was from Sherwood, Michigan, and also said the forest which surrounded the city was like Sherwood Forest in England. The U.S. Postal Department began sending mail to the Town of Sherwood, Oregon, on July 5, 1891. Smock was the first postmaster. The Town of Sherwood was incorporated under Oregon Senate Bill 36 in 1893. The main industry in the 1890s was a pressed brick yard which closed in 1896, a victim of the financial recession of 1893. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 revived Sherwood's economy. In 2014, Money ranked Sherwood fifth among the top fifty best places to live in the United States. The population of the city in 1911 was 350 within a city limit. The city has since expanded to nearly .

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  60,684
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  56,262
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  49,685
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  48,862
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  45,503
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  43,041
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  42,561
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  40,179

Largest nearby schools

• Tigard High School
  High · Tigard · 1,799 students · 18.7:1 ratio
• Mountainside High School
  High · Beaverton · 1,758 students · 22.5:1 ratio
• Tualatin High School
  High · Tualatin · 1,747 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Sherwood High School
  High · Sherwood · 1,704 students · 24:1 ratio
• Aloha High School
  High · Beaverton · 1,686 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• Southridge High School
  High · Beaverton · 1,495 students · 18.5:1 ratio
• Beaverton High School
  High · Beaverton · 1,483 students · 17:1 ratio
• Sherwood Middle School
  Middle · Sherwood · 1,135 students · 20.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.75 — 2026-09-05
  20 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
• M 2.61 — 2026-07-31
  18 km NE of Amboy, Washington
• M 2.61 — 2026-07-10
  3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
• M 3.18 — 2025-11-23
  5 km SE of Amity, Oregon
• M 2.66 — 2024-08-30
  14 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
• M 3.09 — 2023-11-24
  4 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon