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Molalla is an incorporated city in Clackamas County, Oregon, nicknamed Home of the buckeroo.

The city was incorporated in 1913.

The 2020 census counted 10,228 residents in Molalla, living in 3,578 households, with a median age of 33.5 years.

Molalla was named after the Molalla River, which in turn was named for the Molala, a Native American tribe that inhabited the area, and William H. Vaughan took up a donation land claim in the area in 1844.

A Molalla post office was established in 1850 near the site of Liberal and discontinued in 1851, then reestablished in 1868 and again in 1876, when it was probably placed at the present location of Molalla.

Molalla lies in the foothills of the Cascade Range near the Mount Hood National Forest, 15 miles south of Oregon City and 13 miles from Interstate 5, with Oregon routes 211 and 213 as its principal road links.

Molalla's own ZIP code is 97038.

Molalla's economy was traditionally based on logging and agriculture, and major employers now include the Molalla River School District and RSG Forest Products, while an expanding agritourism industry includes Posse Acres Elk Farm and Petting Zoo, The Abbey Farm Creamery, and Out In The Garden Nursery.

Molalla is the home of the Molalla Buckeroo rodeo, which began in 1913, the same year the city was founded, and of the Apple Festival, while its Fourth of July Parade often draws 50,000 spectators.

Neighborhood and community parks in Molalla include Fox, Clark, Long, and Ivor Davies Parks, and the Molalla River corridor offers fishing, hunting, and hiking, with Table Rock as a favorite rocky promontory overlooking the city and surrounding countryside.