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History · Maywood Park

27% of Maywood Park’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maywood Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maywood Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18977 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1990. Watch Maywood Park change.Old housesHalf of Maywood Park’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maywood Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Maywood Park on the map, 1897 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maywood Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Maywood Park on the 1897 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1905 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1940 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1954 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1961 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1970 USGS mapMaywood Park on the 1990 USGS map1897Portland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maywood Park.

The story

How Maywood Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maywood Park.

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In 1926, Columbia Realty purchased the triangular plot of land on which Maywood Park stands. The parcel was later purchased by Commonwealth Inc., which made plans to create a subdivision modeled after the Laurelhurst and Eastmoreland neighborhoods of Portland. Although the Great Depression delayed development of the land, construction was largely completed by 1943 with about 400 homes. Maywood Park was so large it crossed over where I-205 is today.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Maywood Park, decade by decade

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People over time

Maywood Park, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400198020002020Peak: 1,305

Between 752 and 1,305 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maywood Park’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maywood Park

Nobody well known was born in Maywood Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Linus PaulingAmerican scientist · b. 1901
Douglas EngelbartAmerican engineer and inventor · b. 1925
Matt GroeningAmerican cartoonist · b. 1954
Mary E. BrunkowAmerican molecular biologist and immunologist · b. 1961
John ReedAmerican journalist, poet, and communist activi… · b. 1887
Dick FosburyAmerican athletics competitor, high jumper · b. 1947

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (9), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.