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Denney Whitford/Raleigh West Neighborhood Association
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Message from the Denney Whitford/Raleigh West NAC Chair
Welcome to the Denney Whitford/Raleigh West Neighborhood Association Committee. We meet monthly to discuss ideas and issues and work on projects to improve our neighborhood. Anyone that lives, owns property or a business, or represents a non-profit organization within the neighborhood boundaries, is a member! Please join us. (Please check the agendas and minutes side link for specific meeting information.) The NAC meeting is the designated forum for committee participant’s to share ideas and community news with neighbors. It is also an opportunity to meet with city officials on various issues throughout the year. Check out the “Get Involved” links below.
Leadership
Ray Bowman, NAC Chair
9300 SW Royal Woodlands Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97008
(503) 293-0393
NAC Map
Projects
Get Involved!
- Join our Mailing List
- View Meeting Minutes and Agendas
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History and Origins – Denney Whitford
The Denney Neighborhood Association name honors three of Beaver Dam’s (Beaverton) first settlers, the Thomas and Barilla Denney family and W.A. White and A.C. Bedford.
The Denney’s first stop in Oregon Territory was Mills (Milwaukie). There they met Augustus Fanno, who told them about a fine section of land that adjoined his in the lush Tualatin Valley. Thomas thought it was a good piece of land, and by 1850, the Denney’s had moved into a three-room log house on their claim, near what is now Scholls Ferry Road and Hall Blvd.
The Denneys
Denney Road which runs through the neighborhood, also honors the Denney’s. W.A. White and A.C. Bedford were ”prominent capitalists of New York City, who were directors of the Oregon Electric Railway Company during the early history of the line” (McArthur, 1992).
History and Origins – Raleigh West
Raleigh Hills School 1912
“The name Raleigh was derived from an old-time resident of the neighborhood, Raleigh Robinson. The place was on Scholls Ferry Road at a point about a mile southwest of the Hillsdale-Beaverton Highway Crossing, and just northeast of the Portland Golf Club” (McArthur, 1992).
Reference—
McArthur L. L. (1992). Oregon Geographic Names, Sixth Edition. Oregon Historical Society Press: Portland Oregon.
To learn more about the City’s history, see Beaverton history and the online historical photo gallery.
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