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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>.

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.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where New Era was located: 503 & 971<4>

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)
  • Gresham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <5>
  • Beaverton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tigard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tigard is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <5>
  • Lake Oswego
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oregon City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tualatin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • West Linn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodburn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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 (so far) for New Era was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Era post office opened in 1876. The New Era post office closed in 1940.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Era, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Clackamas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Era - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the New Era area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the New Era area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/