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Ashland, Oregon

January 26, 2023

Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. The city's population was 21,360 at the 2020 census.

Ashland, Oregon
City
The Plaza
Location of Ashland in Jackson County and in the state of Oregon
Ashland
Location in Oregon
Ashland
Ashland (the United States)
Ashland
Ashland (North America)
Coordinates: 42°11′29″N 122°42′03″W / 42.19139°N 122.70083°W / 42.19139; -122.70083Coordinates: 42°11′29″N 122°42′03″W / 42.19139°N 122.70083°W / 42.19139; -122.70083
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyJackson
Settled1852
Government
 • MayorJulie Akins[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total6.64 sq mi (17.19 km2)
 • Land6.64 sq mi (17.19 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[3]
1,949 ft (594 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Total21,360
 • Density3,218.81/sq mi (1,242.84/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (Pacific)
ZIP code
97520
Area codes541 and 458
FIPS code41-03050[5]
GNIS feature ID1137318[3]
Websitewww.ashland.or.us

The city is the home of Southern Oregon University (SOU) and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). These are important to Ashland's economy, which also depends on restaurants, galleries, and retail stores that cater to tourists. Lithia Park along Ashland Creek, historic buildings, and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions.

Ashland, originally called "Ashland Mills", was named after Ashland County, Ohio, the original home of founder Abel Helman, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other founders had family connections. Ashland has a council-manager government assisted by citizen committees. Historically, its liberal politics have differed, often sharply, with much of the rest of southwest Oregon.

History

Prior to the arrival of white settlers in mid-19th century, the Shasta people lived in the valley along Ashland Creek approximately where today's city is located.[6] Early Hudson's Bay Company hunters and trappers following the Siskiyou Trail passed through the site in the 1820s. In the late 1840s, mainly American settlers following the Applegate Trail began passing through the area. By the early 1850s, the Donation Land Claim Act brought many to the Rogue Valley and into conflict with its native people. These often violent clashes, known ultimately as the Rogue River Wars, continued until 1856.[6]

 
The Ashland Woolen Mills c. 1881

In 1851, gold was discovered at Rich Gulch, a tributary of Jackson Creek, and a tent city grew on its banks, today's Jacksonville.[7] Settlers arrived in the Ashland area in January 1852, including Robert B. Hargadine, Sylvester Pease, Abel D. Helman, Eber Emery, and others.[8] Helman and Hargadine filed the first donation land claims in Ashland.[8] Helman and Emery built a sawmill along what was then called Mill Creek to turn timber into lumber for settlers.[8] In 1854, they and another settler, M. B. Morris, built a second mill, Ashland Flouring Mills, to grind local wheat into flour. The community around the mill became known as "Ashland Mills". A post office was established in Ashland Mills in 1855 with Helman as postmaster.[8]

During the 1860s and 1870s the community grew, establishing a school, churches, businesses and a large employer, Ashland Woolen Mills, which produced clothing and blankets from local wool. In 1871, the Post Office dropped "Mills" from Ashland's name. In 1872 Reverend J. H. Skidmore opened a college, Ashland Academy, a predecessor of Southern Oregon University.[9]

 
The south wing of the Depot Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the primary reminder of the city's railway heritage.[10]

In 1887, Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California were joined by rail at Ashland. Until 1926, when most rail service began taking a different route (east through Klamath Falls to avoid the steep grade through the Siskiyou Mountains), Ashland thrived on rail trade of local products, including pears, peaches, and apples.[7]

In 1908, the Women's Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of community space along Ashland Creek, which became Ashland Canyon Park. The discovery of lithia water near Emigrant Lake around the same time led to a plan to establish a mineral spa at the park. Voters approved bonds to pay for the project, which included piping the mineral water from its source to Ashland. The town engaged John McLaren, landscape architect of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, to design the park, renamed Lithia Springs Park, later shortened to Lithia Park. Although the park was popular, the mineral spa plans proved too expensive for local taxpayers and were abandoned in 1916. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs took to bottling and selling mineral waters from the area's springs.[11]

During the Fourth of July celebration in 1935, Angus L. Bowmer arranged the first performances of what would become the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The festival has grown since then, and has become an award-winning and internationally-known regional theater company.[12]

Many of Ashland's historic buildings have been preserved and restored. The city has 48 individual structures and two historic districts (the Ashland Railroad Addition District and the Downtown District) on the National Register of Historic Places.[13] The structures include the Enders Building (home of the Columbia Hotel), which from 1910 to 1928 contained the largest mercantile establishment between Sacramento and Portland.[14]

Geography

 
Ashland Creek in Lithia Park

Ashland is at 1,949 feet (594 m) above sea level[3] in the foothills of the Siskiyou and Cascade ranges, about 15 miles (24 km) north of the California border on Interstate 5 (I-5).[15] About 10 miles (16 km) south of Ashland and 5 miles (8 km) north of the California border is Siskiyou Summit, which at 4,310 feet (1,310 m) is the highest point on I-5.[16] Ashland is about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Medford and 285 miles (459 km) south of Portland.[17] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of about 6.6 square miles (17.1 km2), all land.[18]

Ashland Creek and its tributaries begin on the flanks of Mount Ashland, at 7,533 feet (2,296 m) above sea level in the Siskiyou Mountains south of the city. Upstream (south) of the city boundary, these streams flow mainly through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest. The creek flows through the city to meet Bear Creek, which roughly parallels I-5 along the east side of Ashland. Bear Creek, one of many streams in the Rogue Valley,[19] flows generally northwest to join the Rogue River near Gold Hill, and from there the river flows generally west to its mouth on the Pacific Ocean.[19]

Oregon Route 99, running roughly parallel to I-5, passes through downtown Ashland. Oregon Route 66 enters Ashland from the east and intersects Route 99 near the city center.[19] Route 66 leads east 63 miles (101 km) to Klamath Falls.

Climate

Ashland lies within Oregon's southwest interior climate zone, in which all but the higher-elevation sites are in the rain shadow of the Oregon Coast Range to the west. The largest urban areas in this zone in addition to Ashland are Medford and Grants Pass in the Rogue Valley, and Roseburg in the Umpqua River Valley further north. Although the mountain peaks in this zone receive up to 120 inches or 3,050 millimetres of precipitation a year, the urban areas and the valleys in which they lie generally get 20 inches (510 mm) or less. This valley climate is particularly good for growing fruit, especially pears, and for producing other crops and farm goods such as hay, grain, poultry, and beef.[20]

Cloud cover in nearby Medford varies from an average of 21 percent in July to 86 percent in December.[21] On average, precipitation falls in Ashland on 114 days each year and totals about 20 inches (510 mm).[22] The average annual snowfall is only 1.4 inches or 0.04 metres.[22] The average relative humidity, measured at 4 p.m. daily, is 47 percent in Medford, varying from 26 percent in July to 76 percent in December.[23] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Ashland has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb).

The coolest month is December, with an average high temperature of 47 °F or 8.3 °C, and the warmest month is July, with an average high of about 88 °F or 31.1 °C.[22] The highest temperature ever recorded in Ashland was 108 °F (42.2 °C), observed in August 1981, and the record low of −4 °F (−20 °C) occurred in December 1972.[24] The wettest "rain year" has been from July 1926 to June 1927 with 29.77 inches (756.2 mm) and the driest from July 1954 to June 1955 with only 10.37 inches (263.4 mm). The wettest month on record has been December 1964 with 11.28 inches (286.5 mm), but the only other months with over 8 inches or 203.2 millimetres have been December 1996 with 10.89 inches (276.6 mm), November 1903 with 8.10 inches (205.7 mm) and November 1998 with 8.03 inches (204.0 mm).

Ashland's coldest recorded daytime temperature was 15 °F (−9 °C) in December 1972.[25] During the full year, the coldest day of the year averages around 34 °F (1 °C) or just above freezing.[25] Warm summer nights are rare, with the record of 74 °F (23 °C) being set as far back as 1910.[25] The mean for the warmest summer night between 1991 and 2020 was at a mild 62 °F (17 °C).[25]

Climate data for Ashland, Oregon (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 71
(22) 		78
(26) 		82
(28) 		94
(34) 		101
(38) 		105
(41) 		106
(41) 		108
(42) 		103
(39) 		97
(36) 		80
(27) 		70
(21) 		108
(42)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 63
(17) 		68
(20) 		73
(23) 		81
(27) 		89
(32) 		94
(34) 		99
(37) 		99
(37) 		95
(35) 		84
(29) 		70
(21) 		62
(17) 		101
(38)
Average high °F (°C) 49.0
(9.4) 		53.7
(12.1) 		58.0
(14.4) 		62.8
(17.1) 		71.1
(21.7) 		78.5
(25.8) 		88.1
(31.2) 		87.4
(30.8) 		80.8
(27.1) 		68.0
(20.0) 		54.2
(12.3) 		47.2
(8.4) 		66.6
(19.2)
Daily mean °F (°C) 39.3
(4.1) 		41.7
(5.4) 		44.9
(7.2) 		49.0
(9.4) 		56.1
(13.4) 		62.1
(16.7) 		69.4
(20.8) 		68.4
(20.2) 		62.0
(16.7) 		52.0
(11.1) 		43.3
(6.3) 		38.2
(3.4) 		52.2
(11.2)
Average low °F (°C) 29.6
(−1.3) 		29.7
(−1.3) 		31.8
(−0.1) 		35.2
(1.8) 		41.2
(5.1) 		45.8
(7.7) 		50.6
(10.3) 		49.4
(9.7) 		43.3
(6.3) 		36.1
(2.3) 		32.5
(0.3) 		29.2
(−1.6) 		37.9
(3.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 19
(−7) 		21
(−6) 		23
(−5) 		26
(−3) 		31
(−1) 		37
(3) 		43
(6) 		42
(6) 		35
(2) 		26
(−3) 		21
(−6) 		17
(−8) 		14
(−10)
Record low °F (°C) −1
(−18) 		−1
(−18) 		15
(−9) 		20
(−7) 		23
(−5) 		29
(−2) 		32
(0) 		34
(1) 		27
(−3) 		13
(−11) 		12
(−11) 		−4
(−20) 		−4
(−20)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.35
(60) 		2.04
(52) 		2.03
(52) 		1.95
(50) 		1.64
(42) 		0.85
(22) 		0.44
(11) 		0.37
(9.4) 		0.50
(13) 		1.41
(36) 		2.57
(65) 		3.38
(86) 		19.53
(498.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0
(0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.2
(0.51) 		0.5
(1.27)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 14.1 11.9 13.4 12.7 9.6 5.3 2.5 2.6 3.9 7.5 15.2 15.0 113.7
Source: NOAA[22][26]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1860327—
187040022.3%
1880842110.5%
18901,784111.9%
19002,63447.6%
19105,02090.6%
19204,283−14.7%
19304,5446.1%
19404,7444.4%
19507,73963.1%
19609,11917.8%
197012,34235.3%
198014,94321.1%
199016,2348.6%
200019,52220.3%
201020,0782.8%
202021,3606.4%
Census sources[27][28][4]

In the census of 2010, there were 20,078 people, 9,409 households, and 4,542 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,047 inhabitants per square mile (1,176/km2). There were 10,455 housing units at an average density of 1,587 per square mile (613/km2). The racial makeup of the city was about 90% White, 2% Asian, 1% African American, 1% Native American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were about 5% of the population.[27]

There were 9,409 households, out of which about 21% had children under the age of 18 living with them. About 34% were married couples living together; 10% had a female householder with no husband present, about 4% had a male householder with no wife present, and about 52% were non-families. About 38% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.63.[27]

The median age in the city was 42.9 years. About 16% of residents were under the age of 18, and about 16% were between the ages of 18 and 24. Rounded to the nearest whole number, 21% were from 25 to 44 years old; 30% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was about 46% male and 54% female.[27]

In 2010, the median income for a household in the city was $41,334, and the median income for a family was $58,409. Males had a median income of $50,368 versus $34,202 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,941. About 21% of the population and 13% of families had incomes below the poverty line. Out of the total population, about 30% of those under the age of 18 and 3.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.[27]

Government

Ashland has a council-manager government consisting of a city manager, a mayor, and six council members. The mayor and council members are elected by the city's voters to serve staggered four-year terms.[29] Current mayor Julie Akins was elected to her first term in 2020.[1] On January 23, 2023, she announced her resignation.[30]

Pam Marsh, a Democrat from Ashland, represents Ashland and all of Oregon House District 5 in the state legislature.[31] As part of Oregon Senate District 3, Ashland is represented by Democrat Jeff Golden.[32] At the federal level, Cliff Bentz, a Republican, represents Ashland as part of Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.[33] Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, serve the state of Oregon in the United States Senate.[32]

Historically, Ashland has been something of a political outlier in southwest Oregon.[34] In the presidential election of 1860, Ashland favored Abraham Lincoln while its neighbors strongly preferred pro-slavery candidates.[34] In the early 1900s, Ashland voters supported women's suffrage and prohibition, generally out of step with the rest of the region.[34] In more recent elections, liberal Ashland has supported tax levies and environmental regulations opposed by voters elsewhere in Jackson and nearby counties.[34] Critics sometimes refer to the city as the People's Republic of Ashland.[34]

Economy

Income from tourism is important to Ashland's economy. A large number of restaurants, galleries, and retail stores cater to thousands of visitors who attend plays each year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2011, the festival sold more than 390,000 tickets to its theater productions.[35]

The town's largest employer is Southern Oregon University (SOU), which has a faculty and staff of more than 750.[35] In addition to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the university, health-service providers make significant contributions to the economy. Businesses related to outdoor recreation, transportation, technology, and light manufacturing are also important.[35] In 2010, the Shakespeare Festival employed about 500 people, the hospital about 400, the public schools about 300, and the City of Ashland about 250.[36] The Bathroom Readers' Press, which produces the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader books, is based in Ashland and San Diego.[37] Brammo, specializing in battery-electric motorcycles, was based in Ashland but moved to Talent.[38]

Arts and culture

 
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 75th anniversary banner

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has grown from a summer outdoor series in the 1930s to a season that stretches from February to October, incorporating Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean plays at three theaters.[39] The OSF has become the largest regional repertory theater in the United States.[13]

The Oregon Cabaret Theater features musicals and comedy throughout the year.[40] Opened in 1986, the dinner theater occupies a former First Baptist Church built in Mission Revival style.[41] The Ashland Independent Film Festival, which shows international and domestic films of almost every genre, takes place each April in the Varsity Theatre downtown. About 90 films are shown during the five days of the festival.[42] In 2009, Ashland was the setting for the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.[43]

The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University focuses on academic programs including creative arts (art, emerging media and creative writing), music, and theater. Affiliated with the center is the Schneider Museum of Art, which has rotation exhibitions of works featuring professional contemporary artists. Also affiliated with the center are chamber music concerts, a Shakespeare institute, a piano series, and other art-related events.[44]

The annual Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) is a nonprofit organization that encourages playwrights to develop new work through public readings. Each year, the ANPF holds an international competition that winnows hundreds of submissions to four plays that are read to live audiences by professional actors during a five-day festival in October.[45]

Museums and other points of interest

The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland is the world's only laboratory dedicated to solving crimes against wildlife. Using forensic science, experts at the laboratory help wildlife officers to investigate possible crimes against animals and to establish links between victims and suspects in cases that go to court.[46] The laboratory has assisted the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and foreign agencies concerned with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).[47]

The Ashland City Band (ACB) was organized in the late 19th century as the Ashland Brass Band.[48] The band used an octagonal gazebo-style bandstand in Lithia Park[49] until the Butler Memorial Band Shell was built in Lithia Park in 1946.[48] The ACB gives public concerts there each summer between June and August.[48]

Parks

 
View of OSF buildings from a footbridge in Lithia Park

Lithia Park is a 93-acre (38 ha) park, including 42 acres (17 ha) on the National Register of Historic Places, that begins near the downtown shopping area and extends upstream along Ashland Creek near the center of the city.[50] It includes two ponds, a Japanese garden, tennis courts, two public greens, a bandshell (outdoor stage) and miles of hiking trails. The name Lithia comes from natural mineral water found in the Ashland area.[51] It has a strong mineral taste and slight effervescence, and the lithia water fountains found on the town plaza are frequently tasted by unsuspecting tourists (often at the behest of residents or frequent visitors who use the fountains as a cheap, humorous Ashland initiation rite).[52]

A hiking and biking path, the Bear Creek Greenway, begins in Ashland near the intersection of West Nevada Street with Helman Street,[53] close to the confluence of Ashland Creek (which flows through Lithia Park).[54][55] The 18-mile (29 km) path follows Bear Creek between Ashland and Central Point and passes through Talent, Phoenix, and Medford.[56]

Calle Guanajuato is a small park bordering Ashland Creek, with several restaurants offering outdoor dining.[57]

Education

See also: Southern Oregon University
 
Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University

Southern Oregon University, a public co-ed four-year university founded in 1926, offers courses of study toward degrees in the liberal arts, science, business, and education.[58] With an enrollment of about 4,400 undergraduates as of Fall 2020,[59] this urban university also offers graduate-level programs on its 175-acre (71 ha) campus.[58]

In 2020–21, about 59 percent of the university's students were women, and about 38 percent were men, while 3 percent were listed as other/unknown.[59] The student–faculty ratio in 2020–21 was 19 to 1.[58] Full-time undergraduate tuition in 2020–21 was about $11,000 per year for Oregon residents and $28,000 for non-residents.[60]

The Ashland School District oversees three elementary schools, one of which is a magnet school focused on science and the arts; one middle school; one high school; and a community learning center.[61] Ashland High School was ranked 1,395th best among the nation's public high schools and 15th best in Oregon by U.S. News & World Report as of 2013.[62]

Media

The Mail Tribune, a newspaper based in Medford that published print editions several days a week, served Ashland until it ceased operations on January 13, 2023. The newspaper also owned the Ashland Daily Tidings, which ran Monday through Saturday until 2019.[63][64] A non-profit news organization, Ashland.news, was founded in 2022 by a former Daily Tidings editor.[63]

Fifteen radio stations operate in the region around Ashland, including Jefferson Public Radio[65] and KSKQ, an independent non-profit broadcasting at 89.5 FM.[66] A former student-run radio station with the call letters KSOC and the nickname "Radio Free Ashland" shut down in February 2013 after 14 years of broadcasting.[67] Rogue Valley Community Television, based at Southern Oregon University, serves Jackson and Josephine counties.[68] Ashland has no commercial television stations, but nearby Medford has seven.[69]

Infrastructure and public services

The Asante Ashland Community Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital that is part of the Asante health network based in Medford. As of 2015, it has 49 inpatient beds.[70]

 
Ashland Public Library

The Ashland Public Library building was expanded from the city's original Carnegie library.[71] In 2003, the historic Carnegie portion of the library was restored.[71] In 2006, budget problems led to the closing in April 2007 of the Ashland Library and 14 others in Jackson County. The event, which lasted until October 2007, was the largest library closure in U.S. history.[72] Although some of its services are handled by a private company, Library Systems and Services,[73] the Ashland branch remains part of the Jackson County network of public libraries.[71]

Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) provides bus service to much of the city, with connections to Medford, Central Point, Talent, Phoenix, White City, and Jacksonville.[74] In Medford, passengers can connect to other regional bus lines, including the Southwest POINT, a daily shuttle carrying passengers between Brookings and the Amtrak station in Klamath Falls.[75] The Klamath Falls Amtrak Station serves the Coast Starlight long-haul passenger train on track owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.[76] Ashland Municipal Airport, with a 3,600-foot (1,100 m) asphalt runway, offers general aviation services.[77] Medford International Airport, 12 miles (19 km) from Ashland, also serves the city.[17]

The City of Ashland moved to improve local broadband Internet access in the late 1990s by creating the Ashland Fiber Network (AFN) and building a fiber optic ring inside the city boundaries.[36] However, by 2006 the city faced difficulties servicing AFN's debt load, which was approaching $15.5 million.[36] The city hired a new AFN director, Joe Franell,[78] who suggested scrapping cable television service while retaining the more profitable high-speed Internet access.[79] In October 2006, the cable television service was transferred to a local company, Ashland Home Net, while the City retained both the infrastructure and the wholesale Internet business.[80]

In popular culture

  • The Bakeshop Mystery series by Ellie Alexander, which began with the 2014 publication of Meet Your Baker, is set in Ashland. The heroine of the series owns an artisan bakeshop on the Plaza, and the novels often feature local landmarks and institutions such as Lithia Park, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[81]
  • Coraline is set in a fictionalized version of Ashland. The city was chosen due to its status as home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as Miss Fink and Miss Forcible, two supporting characters in the film, are retired Shakespearean actresses.[82]

Sister city

Ashland has one sister city:

Notable people

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Ashland is a city in Jackson County Oregon United States It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles 26 km north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley The city s population was 21 360 at the 2020 census Ashland OregonCityThe PlazaLocation of Ashland in Jackson County and in the state of OregonAshlandLocation in OregonShow map of OregonAshlandAshland the United States Show map of the United StatesAshlandAshland North America Show map of North AmericaCoordinates 42 11 29 N 122 42 03 W 42 19139 N 122 70083 W 42 19139 122 70083 Coordinates 42 11 29 N 122 42 03 W 42 19139 N 122 70083 W 42 19139 122 70083CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyJacksonSettled1852Government MayorJulie Akins 1 Area 2 Total6 64 sq mi 17 19 km2 Land6 64 sq mi 17 19 km2 Water0 00 sq mi 0 00 km2 Elevation 3 1 949 ft 594 m Population 2020 4 Total21 360 Density3 218 81 sq mi 1 242 84 km2 Time zoneUTC 8 Pacific Summer DST UTC 7 Pacific ZIP code97520Area codes541 and 458FIPS code41 03050 5 GNIS feature ID1137318 3 Websitewww wbr ashland wbr or wbr usThe city is the home of Southern Oregon University SOU and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival OSF These are important to Ashland s economy which also depends on restaurants galleries and retail stores that cater to tourists Lithia Park along Ashland Creek historic buildings and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions Ashland originally called Ashland Mills was named after Ashland County Ohio the original home of founder Abel Helman and secondarily for Ashland Kentucky where other founders had family connections Ashland has a council manager government assisted by citizen committees Historically its liberal politics have differed often sharply with much of the rest of southwest Oregon Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 3 Demographics 4 Government 5 Economy 6 Arts and culture 6 1 Museums and other points of interest 7 Parks 8 Education 9 Media 10 Infrastructure and public services 11 In popular culture 12 Sister city 13 Notable people 14 References 14 1 Works cited 15 External linksHistory EditPrior to the arrival of white settlers in mid 19th century the Shasta people lived in the valley along Ashland Creek approximately where today s city is located 6 Early Hudson s Bay Company hunters and trappers following the Siskiyou Trail passed through the site in the 1820s In the late 1840s mainly American settlers following the Applegate Trail began passing through the area By the early 1850s the Donation Land Claim Act brought many to the Rogue Valley and into conflict with its native people These often violent clashes known ultimately as the Rogue River Wars continued until 1856 6 The Ashland Woolen Mills c 1881 In 1851 gold was discovered at Rich Gulch a tributary of Jackson Creek and a tent city grew on its banks today s Jacksonville 7 Settlers arrived in the Ashland area in January 1852 including Robert B Hargadine Sylvester Pease Abel D Helman Eber Emery and others 8 Helman and Hargadine filed the first donation land claims in Ashland 8 Helman and Emery built a sawmill along what was then called Mill Creek to turn timber into lumber for settlers 8 In 1854 they and another settler M B Morris built a second mill Ashland Flouring Mills to grind local wheat into flour The community around the mill became known as Ashland Mills A post office was established in Ashland Mills in 1855 with Helman as postmaster 8 During the 1860s and 1870s the community grew establishing a school churches businesses and a large employer Ashland Woolen Mills which produced clothing and blankets from local wool In 1871 the Post Office dropped Mills from Ashland s name In 1872 Reverend J H Skidmore opened a college Ashland Academy a predecessor of Southern Oregon University 9 The south wing of the Depot Hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places is the primary reminder of the city s railway heritage 10 In 1887 Portland Oregon and San Francisco California were joined by rail at Ashland Until 1926 when most rail service began taking a different route east through Klamath Falls to avoid the steep grade through the Siskiyou Mountains Ashland thrived on rail trade of local products including pears peaches and apples 7 In 1908 the Women s Civic Improvement Club petitioned for the creation of community space along Ashland Creek which became Ashland Canyon Park The discovery of lithia water near Emigrant Lake around the same time led to a plan to establish a mineral spa at the park Voters approved bonds to pay for the project which included piping the mineral water from its source to Ashland The town engaged John McLaren landscape architect of San Francisco s Golden Gate Park to design the park renamed Lithia Springs Park later shortened to Lithia Park Although the park was popular the mineral spa plans proved too expensive for local taxpayers and were abandoned in 1916 Meanwhile entrepreneurs took to bottling and selling mineral waters from the area s springs 11 During the Fourth of July celebration in 1935 Angus L Bowmer arranged the first performances of what would become the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The festival has grown since then and has become an award winning and internationally known regional theater company 12 Many of Ashland s historic buildings have been preserved and restored The city has 48 individual structures and two historic districts the Ashland Railroad Addition District and the Downtown District on the National Register of Historic Places 13 The structures include the Enders Building home of the Columbia Hotel which from 1910 to 1928 contained the largest mercantile establishment between Sacramento and Portland 14 Geography Edit Ashland Creek in Lithia Park Ashland is at 1 949 feet 594 m above sea level 3 in the foothills of the Siskiyou and Cascade ranges about 15 miles 24 km north of the California border on Interstate 5 I 5 15 About 10 miles 16 km south of Ashland and 5 miles 8 km north of the California border is Siskiyou Summit which at 4 310 feet 1 310 m is the highest point on I 5 16 Ashland is about 12 miles 19 km southeast of Medford and 285 miles 459 km south of Portland 17 According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of about 6 6 square miles 17 1 km2 all land 18 Ashland Creek and its tributaries begin on the flanks of Mount Ashland at 7 533 feet 2 296 m above sea level in the Siskiyou Mountains south of the city Upstream south of the city boundary these streams flow mainly through the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest The creek flows through the city to meet Bear Creek which roughly parallels I 5 along the east side of Ashland Bear Creek one of many streams in the Rogue Valley 19 flows generally northwest to join the Rogue River near Gold Hill and from there the river flows generally west to its mouth on the Pacific Ocean 19 Oregon Route 99 running roughly parallel to I 5 passes through downtown Ashland Oregon Route 66 enters Ashland from the east and intersects Route 99 near the city center 19 Route 66 leads east 63 miles 101 km to Klamath Falls Climate Edit Ashland lies within Oregon s southwest interior climate zone in which all but the higher elevation sites are in the rain shadow of the Oregon Coast Range to the west The largest urban areas in this zone in addition to Ashland are Medford and Grants Pass in the Rogue Valley and Roseburg in the Umpqua River Valley further north Although the mountain peaks in this zone receive up to 120 inches or 3 050 millimetres of precipitation a year the urban areas and the valleys in which they lie generally get 20 inches 510 mm or less This valley climate is particularly good for growing fruit especially pears and for producing other crops and farm goods such as hay grain poultry and beef 20 Cloud cover in nearby Medford varies from an average of 21 percent in July to 86 percent in December 21 On average precipitation falls in Ashland on 114 days each year and totals about 20 inches 510 mm 22 The average annual snowfall is only 1 4 inches or 0 04 metres 22 The average relative humidity measured at 4 p m daily is 47 percent in Medford varying from 26 percent in July to 76 percent in December 23 According to the Koppen climate classification system Ashland has a warm summer Mediterranean climate Csb The coolest month is December with an average high temperature of 47 F or 8 3 C and the warmest month is July with an average high of about 88 F or 31 1 C 22 The highest temperature ever recorded in Ashland was 108 F 42 2 C observed in August 1981 and the record low of 4 F 20 C occurred in December 1972 24 The wettest rain year has been from July 1926 to June 1927 with 29 77 inches 756 2 mm and the driest from July 1954 to June 1955 with only 10 37 inches 263 4 mm The wettest month on record has been December 1964 with 11 28 inches 286 5 mm but the only other months with over 8 inches or 203 2 millimetres have been December 1996 with 10 89 inches 276 6 mm November 1903 with 8 10 inches 205 7 mm and November 1998 with 8 03 inches 204 0 mm Ashland s coldest recorded daytime temperature was 15 F 9 C in December 1972 25 During the full year the coldest day of the year averages around 34 F 1 C or just above freezing 25 Warm summer nights are rare with the record of 74 F 23 C being set as far back as 1910 25 The mean for the warmest summer night between 1991 and 2020 was at a mild 62 F 17 C 25 Climate data for Ashland Oregon 1991 2020 normals Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 71 22 78 26 82 28 94 34 101 38 105 41 106 41 108 42 103 39 97 36 80 27 70 21 108 42 Mean maximum F C 63 17 68 20 73 23 81 27 89 32 94 34 99 37 99 37 95 35 84 29 70 21 62 17 101 38 Average high F C 49 0 9 4 53 7 12 1 58 0 14 4 62 8 17 1 71 1 21 7 78 5 25 8 88 1 31 2 87 4 30 8 80 8 27 1 68 0 20 0 54 2 12 3 47 2 8 4 66 6 19 2 Daily mean F C 39 3 4 1 41 7 5 4 44 9 7 2 49 0 9 4 56 1 13 4 62 1 16 7 69 4 20 8 68 4 20 2 62 0 16 7 52 0 11 1 43 3 6 3 38 2 3 4 52 2 11 2 Average low F C 29 6 1 3 29 7 1 3 31 8 0 1 35 2 1 8 41 2 5 1 45 8 7 7 50 6 10 3 49 4 9 7 43 3 6 3 36 1 2 3 32 5 0 3 29 2 1 6 37 9 3 3 Mean minimum F C 19 7 21 6 23 5 26 3 31 1 37 3 43 6 42 6 35 2 26 3 21 6 17 8 14 10 Record low F C 1 18 1 18 15 9 20 7 23 5 29 2 32 0 34 1 27 3 13 11 12 11 4 20 4 20 Average precipitation inches mm 2 35 60 2 04 52 2 03 52 1 95 50 1 64 42 0 85 22 0 44 11 0 37 9 4 0 50 13 1 41 36 2 57 65 3 38 86 19 53 498 4 Average snowfall inches cm 0 0 0 3 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 51 0 5 1 27 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 14 1 11 9 13 4 12 7 9 6 5 3 2 5 2 6 3 9 7 5 15 2 15 0 113 7Source NOAA 22 26 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1860327 187040022 3 1880842110 5 18901 784111 9 19002 63447 6 19105 02090 6 19204 283 14 7 19304 5446 1 19404 7444 4 19507 73963 1 19609 11917 8 197012 34235 3 198014 94321 1 199016 2348 6 200019 52220 3 201020 0782 8 202021 3606 4 Census sources 27 28 4 In the census of 2010 there were 20 078 people 9 409 households and 4 542 families residing in the city The population density was 3 047 inhabitants per square mile 1 176 km2 There were 10 455 housing units at an average density of 1 587 per square mile 613 km2 The racial makeup of the city was about 90 White 2 Asian 1 African American 1 Native American 0 3 Pacific Islander 1 4 from other races and 4 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were about 5 of the population 27 There were 9 409 households out of which about 21 had children under the age of 18 living with them About 34 were married couples living together 10 had a female householder with no husband present about 4 had a male householder with no wife present and about 52 were non families About 38 of all households were made up of individuals and 13 5 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 03 and the average family size was 2 63 27 The median age in the city was 42 9 years About 16 of residents were under the age of 18 and about 16 were between the ages of 18 and 24 Rounded to the nearest whole number 21 were from 25 to 44 years old 30 were from 45 to 64 and 18 were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was about 46 male and 54 female 27 In 2010 the median income for a household in the city was 41 334 and the median income for a family was 58 409 Males had a median income of 50 368 versus 34 202 for females The per capita income for the city was 28 941 About 21 of the population and 13 of families had incomes below the poverty line Out of the total population about 30 of those under the age of 18 and 3 5 of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line 27 Government EditAshland has a council manager government consisting of a city manager a mayor and six council members The mayor and council members are elected by the city s voters to serve staggered four year terms 29 Current mayor Julie Akins was elected to her first term in 2020 1 On January 23 2023 she announced her resignation 30 Pam Marsh a Democrat from Ashland represents Ashland and all of Oregon House District 5 in the state legislature 31 As part of Oregon Senate District 3 Ashland is represented by Democrat Jeff Golden 32 At the federal level Cliff Bentz a Republican represents Ashland as part of Oregon s 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 33 Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley both Democrats serve the state of Oregon in the United States Senate 32 Historically Ashland has been something of a political outlier in southwest Oregon 34 In the presidential election of 1860 Ashland favored Abraham Lincoln while its neighbors strongly preferred pro slavery candidates 34 In the early 1900s Ashland voters supported women s suffrage and prohibition generally out of step with the rest of the region 34 In more recent elections liberal Ashland has supported tax levies and environmental regulations opposed by voters elsewhere in Jackson and nearby counties 34 Critics sometimes refer to the city as the People s Republic of Ashland 34 Economy EditIncome from tourism is important to Ashland s economy A large number of restaurants galleries and retail stores cater to thousands of visitors who attend plays each year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival In 2011 the festival sold more than 390 000 tickets to its theater productions 35 The town s largest employer is Southern Oregon University SOU which has a faculty and staff of more than 750 35 In addition to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the university health service providers make significant contributions to the economy Businesses related to outdoor recreation transportation technology and light manufacturing are also important 35 In 2010 the Shakespeare Festival employed about 500 people the hospital about 400 the public schools about 300 and the City of Ashland about 250 36 The Bathroom Readers Press which produces the Uncle John s Bathroom Reader books is based in Ashland and San Diego 37 Brammo specializing in battery electric motorcycles was based in Ashland but moved to Talent 38 Arts and culture Edit Oregon Shakespeare Festival 75th anniversary banner The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has grown from a summer outdoor series in the 1930s to a season that stretches from February to October incorporating Shakespearean and non Shakespearean plays at three theaters 39 The OSF has become the largest regional repertory theater in the United States 13 The Oregon Cabaret Theater features musicals and comedy throughout the year 40 Opened in 1986 the dinner theater occupies a former First Baptist Church built in Mission Revival style 41 The Ashland Independent Film Festival which shows international and domestic films of almost every genre takes place each April in the Varsity Theatre downtown About 90 films are shown during the five days of the festival 42 In 2009 Ashland was the setting for the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman s Coraline 43 The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University focuses on academic programs including creative arts art emerging media and creative writing music and theater Affiliated with the center is the Schneider Museum of Art which has rotation exhibitions of works featuring professional contemporary artists Also affiliated with the center are chamber music concerts a Shakespeare institute a piano series and other art related events 44 The annual Ashland New Plays Festival ANPF is a nonprofit organization that encourages playwrights to develop new work through public readings Each year the ANPF holds an international competition that winnows hundreds of submissions to four plays that are read to live audiences by professional actors during a five day festival in October 45 Museums and other points of interest Edit The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland is the world s only laboratory dedicated to solving crimes against wildlife Using forensic science experts at the laboratory help wildlife officers to investigate possible crimes against animals and to establish links between victims and suspects in cases that go to court 46 The laboratory has assisted the International Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL and foreign agencies concerned with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITES 47 The Ashland City Band ACB was organized in the late 19th century as the Ashland Brass Band 48 The band used an octagonal gazebo style bandstand in Lithia Park 49 until the Butler Memorial Band Shell was built in Lithia Park in 1946 48 The ACB gives public concerts there each summer between June and August 48 Parks Edit View of OSF buildings from a footbridge in Lithia Park Lithia Park is a 93 acre 38 ha park including 42 acres 17 ha on the National Register of Historic Places that begins near the downtown shopping area and extends upstream along Ashland Creek near the center of the city 50 It includes two ponds a Japanese garden tennis courts two public greens a bandshell outdoor stage and miles of hiking trails The name Lithia comes from natural mineral water found in the Ashland area 51 It has a strong mineral taste and slight effervescence and the lithia water fountains found on the town plaza are frequently tasted by unsuspecting tourists often at the behest of residents or frequent visitors who use the fountains as a cheap humorous Ashland initiation rite 52 A hiking and biking path the Bear Creek Greenway begins in Ashland near the intersection of West Nevada Street with Helman Street 53 close to the confluence of Ashland Creek which flows through Lithia Park 54 55 The 18 mile 29 km path follows Bear Creek between Ashland and Central Point and passes through Talent Phoenix and Medford 56 Calle Guanajuato is a small park bordering Ashland Creek with several restaurants offering outdoor dining 57 Education EditSee also Southern Oregon University Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University Southern Oregon University a public co ed four year university founded in 1926 offers courses of study toward degrees in the liberal arts science business and education 58 With an enrollment of about 4 400 undergraduates as of Fall 2020 59 this urban university also offers graduate level programs on its 175 acre 71 ha campus 58 In 2020 21 about 59 percent of the university s students were women and about 38 percent were men while 3 percent were listed as other unknown 59 The student faculty ratio in 2020 21 was 19 to 1 58 Full time undergraduate tuition in 2020 21 was about 11 000 per year for Oregon residents and 28 000 for non residents 60 The Ashland School District oversees three elementary schools one of which is a magnet school focused on science and the arts one middle school one high school and a community learning center 61 Ashland High School was ranked 1 395th best among the nation s public high schools and 15th best in Oregon by U S News amp World Report as of 2013 62 Media EditThe Mail Tribune a newspaper based in Medford that published print editions several days a week served Ashland until it ceased operations on January 13 2023 The newspaper also owned the Ashland Daily Tidings which ran Monday through Saturday until 2019 63 64 A non profit news organization Ashland news was founded in 2022 by a former Daily Tidings editor 63 Fifteen radio stations operate in the region around Ashland including Jefferson Public Radio 65 and KSKQ an independent non profit broadcasting at 89 5 FM 66 A former student run radio station with the call letters KSOC and the nickname Radio Free Ashland shut down in February 2013 after 14 years of broadcasting 67 Rogue Valley Community Television based at Southern Oregon University serves Jackson and Josephine counties 68 Ashland has no commercial television stations but nearby Medford has seven 69 Infrastructure and public services EditThe Asante Ashland Community Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital that is part of the Asante health network based in Medford As of 2015 it has 49 inpatient beds 70 Ashland Public Library The Ashland Public Library building was expanded from the city s original Carnegie library 71 In 2003 the historic Carnegie portion of the library was restored 71 In 2006 budget problems led to the closing in April 2007 of the Ashland Library and 14 others in Jackson County The event which lasted until October 2007 was the largest library closure in U S history 72 Although some of its services are handled by a private company Library Systems and Services 73 the Ashland branch remains part of the Jackson County network of public libraries 71 Rogue Valley Transportation District RVTD provides bus service to much of the city with connections to Medford Central Point Talent Phoenix White City and Jacksonville 74 In Medford passengers can connect to other regional bus lines including the Southwest POINT a daily shuttle carrying passengers between Brookings and the Amtrak station in Klamath Falls 75 The Klamath Falls Amtrak Station serves the Coast Starlight long haul passenger train on track owned by the Union Pacific Railroad 76 Ashland Municipal Airport with a 3 600 foot 1 100 m asphalt runway offers general aviation services 77 Medford International Airport 12 miles 19 km from Ashland also serves the city 17 The City of Ashland moved to improve local broadband Internet access in the late 1990s by creating the Ashland Fiber Network AFN and building a fiber optic ring inside the city boundaries 36 However by 2006 the city faced difficulties servicing AFN s debt load which was approaching 15 5 million 36 The city hired a new AFN director Joe Franell 78 who suggested scrapping cable television service while retaining the more profitable high speed Internet access 79 In October 2006 the cable television service was transferred to a local company Ashland Home Net while the City retained both the infrastructure and the wholesale Internet business 80 In popular culture EditThe Bakeshop Mystery series by Ellie Alexander which began with the 2014 publication of Meet Your Baker is set in Ashland The heroine of the series owns an artisan bakeshop on the Plaza and the novels often feature local landmarks and institutions such as Lithia Park Oregon State University and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 81 Coraline is set in a fictionalized version of Ashland The city was chosen due to its status as home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as Miss Fink and Miss Forcible two supporting characters in the film are retired Shakespearean actresses 82 Sister city EditAshland has one sister city Guanajuato Mexico 83 84 Notable people EditHarry Anderson 1952 2018 magician and TV actor 85 Les AuCoin 1942 former congressman 86 Tai Babilonia 1959 champion pairs figure skater 87 John Backus 1924 2007 computer scientist who created Fortran 88 Dallen Bounds 1971 1999 serial killer Angus L Bowmer 1904 1979 founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 89 Erskine Caldwell 1903 1987 author never lived in Ashland but is buried there 90 Craig Chaquico 1954 guitarist formerly with Jefferson Starship 91 Gretchen Corbett 1947 actress debuted as Desdemona at the OSF 92 Chad Cota 1971 former National Football League player 93 Catherine E Coulson 1943 2015 stage and screen actress 94 Alex Cox 1954 film director 95 Ann Curry 1956 former anchor on The Today Show 96 Ana Delfosse 1931 2017 Formula One mechanic and driver in Argentina gas station operator in Ashland 97 Alice DiMicele 1965 musician 98 Jack Elam 1920 2003 actor 99 Gordon Fee 1934 American Canadian theologian David Fincher 1962 film director 100 Gloria Greer 1908 1931 actress Johnny Gruelle 1880 1938 creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy 101 Jeremy Guthrie 1979 pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 102 Anthony Heald 1944 television film and stage actor 103 Abel Helman 1824 1910 town founder 104 Frank C High 1875 1966 Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Philippine American War 105 Gary Chicken Hirsh 1940 former drummer for Country Joe and the Fish 106 Peter Hollens 1982 independent a capella singer songwriter 107 Jean Houston 1937 author lecturer known for her work in human potentials Mystery School and Social Artistry 108 Lawson Fusao Inada 1938 Oregon Poet Laureate 2006 10 Professor Emeritus at Southern Oregon University 109 Dean Ing 1931 author 110 Forrest Kline 1983 musician 111 Otto Klum 1892 1944 football coach 112 Tonya Knight 1966 bodybuilder actress model 113 Hal Koerner 1976 ultramarathon runner two time winner of the Western States Endurance Run 114 Winona LaDuke 1959 Native American activist and vice presidential candidate for the Ralph Nader presidential campaign 2000 115 Leonard Levy 1923 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning historian 116 Rose Maddox 1925 1998 country western musician 117 Steve Mason 1949 2005 poet laureate of the Vietnam Veterans of America 118 Vladimir Nabokov 1899 1977 author of Lolita 119 Mark Parent 1961 former baseball player and currently bench 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