Welcome to New Era ...

So far, we found very little information about New Era. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Era to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Era, please Contact Us.

New Era would have been located within present day Clackamas County<2>.

The location of New Era has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Era, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

While the community is gone, the present day location for New Era is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where New Era was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where New Era once stood is in the (503) and (971)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named New Era ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named New Era - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Era.

Communities near New Era ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Era.

• Portland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Portland is located in Multnomah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 656,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <6>
• Gresham
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gresham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
  • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <6>
• Beaverton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverton
  • Beaverton is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,957 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverton <6>
• Tigard
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tigard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
  • Tigard is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <6>
• Lake Oswego
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Oswego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Oswego
  • Lake Oswego is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Oswego <6>
• Oregon City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
  • Oregon City is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,026 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oregon City <6>
• Tualatin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tualatin
  • Tualatin is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tualatin <6>
• West Linn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Linn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Linn
  • West Linn is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Linn <6>
• Woodburn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
  • Woodburn is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodburn <6>
• Wilsonville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
  • Wilsonville is located in Clackamas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,985 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilsonville <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Era. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Era.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Era. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Era.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Era. See our Newspapers Page for New Era.

Adding New Era to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Era in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Era was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the New Era post office opened in 1876.

We also found New Era in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Era.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.or.us/

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