Maps

This collection of maps illustrates the development of the Albina settlement area from 1879 to the present day. The first Volga Germans arrived in Portland in 1881.

This map shows the small community of Albina on the east side of the Willamette River in 1879, two years before the arrival of the first Volga Germans. This section is from the full map shown below. Source: Glover, E. S, and A.L. Bancroft & Company. Portland, Oregon. San Francisco, 1879. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

Birds eye view of Portland in 1879, two years before the arrival of the first Volga Germans. Albina is shown in the upper left corner of the map. Source: Glover, E. S, and A.L. Bancroft & Company. Portland, Oregon. San Francisco, 1879. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

Library of Congress website - view or download a large format image of this map.

Aerial map of Portland, Oregon in 1890. The Albina area is shown in the upper left corner of the map. Source: Clohessy & Strengele, and Elliott Pub. Co. Portland, Oregon. [San Francisco, 1890] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

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Portland, Albina and East Portland 1890s

An 1890's wood engraving antique bookplate map of Portland, Albina and East Portland from the book "Topography, History, Geography & Inhabitants of North America - ca. 1895."

The Paving Map of Portland from January of 1894 shows that most of the Volga German settlement (blocks 22 and 23) do not have graded, graveled or paved roads at this time.

Map of Portland, Oregon dated 1902, published by The Title Guarantee & Trust Co. and compiled by Huber and Maxwell, Civil Engineers. This map is displayed in the offices of Oregon Blueprint and the image is used with their permission.

Portland foreign born and black population circa 1910

The ethnic settlements map is from E. Kimbark MacColl's book "The Shaping of the City", p.463. MacColl credits the sources as a Portland Public Schools Annual Report, and Ethnicity in Portland, 1859-1970, A Brief Demographic History to be published in 1976 by the Center for Urban Education. The German-Russian population circa 1910 is indicated on the map by the circled number 8.

Section of a 1929 map showing NE Portland. The solid red lines show the extensive system of streetcar lines. Courtesy of Steve Schreiber.

Over time, many of the neighborhoods in North and Northeast Portland were considered part of the Albina Area.

Last updated January 12, 2019.