Bridlemile, Portland, Oregon

Bridlemile, Portland, Oregon

Infobox Neighborhood Portland OR
neighborhood_name = Bridlemile
association_name = Bridlemile Neighborhood Association
association_website = http://www.vonsalza.com/bridlemile/
coalition_name = Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
coalition_website = http://www.swni.org/
area = 3.63
map_url = http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?&a=58357
portlandmaps_x = 7631570.622
portlandmaps_y = 673440.954
censusyear = 2000
pop_total = 5698
pop_density = 1570
households_total = 2432
occupancy = 97
households_owned = 1642
households_owned_pct = 68
households_rented = 790
households_rented_pct = 32
household_size = 2.34
footnotes =

Bridlemile is a Southwest Portland, Oregon neighborhood in the West Hills. The Portland city boundary runs through the neighborhood (aligned with SW Thomas St.) such that the southern part of the neighborhood is within Portland proper, but the northern portion is unincorporated Multnomah County. The portion within Portland city limits extends into Washington County in two places (along Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, and along Hamilton Road).

The neighborhood is home to [http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/bridlemile/ Bridlemile Elementary School] (4300 SW 47th Dr.) and adjacent [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=170 Hamilton Park] . Bridlemile is a primarily residential neighborhood, though it includes the commercial strip on the north side of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway.

In 2004 and 2005, the neighborhood associations of Bridlemile and the [http://swhrl.org/ Southwest Hills Residential League] became entangled in an acrimonious dispute over a territory both claim. [http://www.vonsalza.com/bridlemile/swhrl.html]

Bridlemile includes the historical community of Glencullen, named after early settler Capt. John Winchell Cullen (1838–1939). A station of this name on the Southern Pacific West Side Line operated here from 1923 to 1925.

chools

;Elementary

Bridlemile Elementary School4300 SW 47th Dr.

* [http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/bridlemile/ School Web Site]
* [http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/profiles/?id=142 Portland Public Schools Profile]

;Middle

West Sylvan Middle School8111 SW West Slope Dr.

* [http://www.westsylvan.pps.k12.or.us/ School Web Site]
* [http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/profiles/?id=196 Portland Public Schools Profile]

;High

Lincoln High School1600 SW Salmon St.

* [http://www.lincoln.pps.k12.or.us/ School Web Site]
* [http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/profiles/?id=120 Portland Public Schools Profile]

Parks

* [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewParkD=118 Fanno Creek Natural Area] - SW 59th Ave & SW Hamilton St.
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewParkD=1045 Fanno Creek Greenway Trail]
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewParkD=170 Hamilton Park] - SW 45th Ave & Hamilton St.
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewParkD=800 SW Thomas & 53rd] - SW 53rd Ave & Thomas St.

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