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Gladstone is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, about 12 miles south of Portland at the confluence of the Clackamas and Willamette rivers.

The 2020 census counted 12,017 residents and 4,707 households in Gladstone.

Gladstone was founded by Judge Harvey Cross in 1889 and formally incorporated on January 10, 1911, named after British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.

The city's motto is "Home of the Pow Wow Tree," for a large maple tree listed as an Oregon Heritage Tree that is said to have marked where Clackamas and Multnomah tribes met to trade, settle affairs, and hold wedding ceremonies.

The Pow Wow Tree site hosted the first Clackamas County Fair in 1860 and was the parade ring and entrance for the first Oregon State Fair the following year.

Gladstone hosted both the inaugural Clackamas County Fair and the Oregon State Fair before both moved to more spacious locations.

In 1894 the Chautauqua movement came to Gladstone, and its Chautauqua Park grew to become the third-largest permanent Chautauqua assembly park in the United States.

In 1896 William Jennings Bryan drew a crowd of 6,000 to Gladstone's Chautauqua park to hear his lecture "The Prince of Peace," and presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt also gave a public speech in the city.

Interstate 205 runs north-south along the city's eastern edge, while McLoughlin Boulevard (Oregon Route 99E) runs north-south through its western side.

Many of Gladstone's streets were named by Judge Harvey Cross after American colleges and British dukes, earls, and universities, with Portland Avenue, the main street, as the exception.