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OUV IN OVERLOOK

2006-2007
2653 surveys delivered
185 surveys returned
7% rate of return
10 Neighborhood Conversation topics

POPULATION

According to the 2000 census, the neighborhood had a population of 6,093 people living on 2,121 acres.

OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES

The official boundaries of the Overlook Neighborhood are west of Interstate 5, north of the Fremont Bridge and south of Ainsworth Street. Over half of the land within Overlook has no residences at all. Swan Island, the Mock’s Bottom industrial areas, and Union Pacific rail yards are all technically within Overlook.

HISTORY

The name Overlook comes from the Overlook Addition, the area south of Skidmore and west of Interstate. It was surveyed for development in 1905. In 1916, Interstate Avenue was created as part of Pacific Highway #1 by combining the north end of Patton Avenue and the south end of Maryland Avenue. Many sights of the neighborhood in the 1930’s would be recognizable to today’s residences. A housing boom in the twenties had filled the majority of the vacant lots in the area. Killingsworth, Interstate, and Mississippi were the main commercial streets. Interstate was a part of Highway #99 and was lined with motels and service stations. Beech Elementary School was open for the neighborhood’s children. Overlook Park had just been created on land that had been used as a dump. St. Stanislaus Church had Sunday services. The Interstate Firehouse was in use, as a firehouse.