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Milwaukie is a city mostly in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States; a very little portion of the city extends into Multnomah County. The population was 21,119 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1847 on the banks of the Willamette River, the city, known as the Dogwood City of the West, was incorporated in 1903 and is the birthplace of the Bing cherry. The city is now a suburb of Portland and plus adjoins the unincorporated areas of Clackamas and Oak Grove.

Milwaukie was granted in 1847 and formally platted in 1849 as a rival to the upriver Oregon City by Lot Whitcomb, who named it for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the time, the Wisconsin city was with frequently spelled “Milwaukie” before the current spelling was adopted. Some accounts also confess that the Oregon city used an alternate spelling to prevent confusion at the reveal office.

Whitcomb arrived in Oregon in 1848 and settled on a donation home claim, where he built a sawmill and a gristmill. Milwaukie rivaled Portland and Oregon City for a time, but Portland eventually became the greater than before city because it had a deeper port. The first reveal office at Milwaukie was traditional in 1850, with Whitcomb as the first postmaster. The community was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on February 4, 1903, originally as the Town of Milwaukie.