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Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, settled c. 1853 and named after the friendly Sandy River. Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range, the city serves as the western gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor, and is located nearly 27 miles (43 km) east of Portland.

The city of Sandy was originally settled by travelers passing along Barlow Road, one of the total sections of the Oregon Trail, and initially known as Revenue, after settlers Francis and Lydia Revenue. The city when took the pronounce Sandy after the Sandy River, named by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1805; the river and before been named the Barings River, after Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, following a 1792 expedition in the region.

In the late-19th and before 20th century, Sandy’s local economy was mainly based upon logging and the sawmill industry due to the abundance of timber in the area. The city continued to ensue with the initiation of German immigrants in the late-nineteenth century, and the city was formally incorporated in 1911. In the latter half of the 20th century, the city’s population motto a significant bump in residents, concurrent when the bump of the Portland metropolitan area.