Oregon is a city in Lucas County, Ohio. It is a lakefront suburb of Toledo, located on Lake Erie, just east of the city. Oregon is known for its scenic lakefront, bike trails, and Maumee Bay State Park. The population was 19,950 at the 2020 Census. There are along with two refineries and the Bayshore Power Plant within the city.

Oregon was once part of the Great Black Swamp. The swamp area was wealthy with oak, hickory, ash, walnut, elm and maple trees. This led to the opening of numerous sawmills and settlements. The harvested forests created rich farmland, but the area remained swampy and there was a infatuation for storm drainage. Major ditches were constructed, usually along roadways that followed the lane of archaic Indian trails. These ditches continue to meet the expense of storm drainage today, carrying storm water into Maumee Bay.

“The town was named Oregon by Pierre M. Irving, a nephew of Washington Irving, author of the popular folder Astoria. This baby book attracted considerable assimilation in John Jacob Astor’s trading lands which were located in what is now the city of Oregon. The story, however, is an account of Astor’s fur trading in the territory of Oregon; but in the past the nephew was representing Astor’s inclusion in fur trading east of the Maumee River, he succeeded in having the town named Oregon. In 1838, Mr. Irving, accompanied by his wife, went to New York expecting to remain there for the summer; but for some reason he never returned.” Quoted in the “History of Oregon and Jerusalem” book, authored by Josephine Fassett.

The first meting out was Oregon Township, formed in 1838. The house was surveyed and there were public sales for settlements. The Place that was the township, is now the City of Oregon, which is bounded on the west by the City of Toledo, the North by Maumee Bay/Lake Erie, on the east by Jerusalem Township (Lucas County) and on the South by the City of Northwood (Wood County). In 1856 the township took ownership of two cemeteries which remain owned by the City today.