Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Hood River came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Hood River in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hood River. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Hood River data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Hood River is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Hood River in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Hood River for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Hood River. See our Misc Page for Hood River for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Hood River:

The following routes mentioned Hood River as a scheduled stop:

The City of Portland: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Portland (train schedule from 1956). The City of Portland travelled between Chicago (IL) and Portland (OR)

The Idahoan: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Idahoan (train schedule from 1951). The Idahoan travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hood River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hood River County: www.co.hood-river.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/