Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Philomath, OR

Philomath is a city in Benton County, Oregon, incorporated on October 20, 1882, nicknamed the "City of Volunteers", with its own ZIP code 97370 and an elevation of 282 feet.

Philomath was named for Philomath College, whose name comes from two Greek words meaning "lover of learning"; the college was founded in 1867 by the United Brethren Church, opened its doors in October of that year with about 100 students on the first day, and closed in 1929 after a dramatic decline in enrollment.

The 2020 census counted 5,350 residents in Philomath, up from 4,584 in 2010, and the city had 2,102 households, 2,270 housing units of which 7.4 percent were vacant, and a median age of 34.9.

Philomath is part of the Corvallis Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies 2 miles west of Corvallis on U.S. Route 20.

Philomath has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with no average monthly temperature above 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Philomath is home to several sawmills including Interfor and Paw Lumber Co., and its other employers include Gene Tools, LLC, which manufactures Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides, Wet Labs, which produces oceanographic measuring equipment, Pioneer Connect, which provides telephone, internet, and video services including fiber broadband, and Solar Summit, which manufactures solar panels and alternative energy products.

Gathering Together Farm in Philomath is one of the first certified organic vegetable farms in the United States and is an international agrotourism destination.

In 2020 Philomath residents were among the first in the world to receive food deliveries from a robot: Daxbot, a 36-inch semi-autonomous delivery robot built by a Philomath-based business, which the Philomath City Council permitted to make deliveries and travel in town as a pedestrian rather than a vehicle.

Philomath is served by the Philomath School District, which includes Philomath Elementary School, Clemens Primary School, Blodgett Elementary School, Philomath Middle School, Philomath Academy, Philomath High School, and Kings Valley Charter School, which serves pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

The city owns and maintains at least 8 public parks, the largest being the approximately 28-acre Marys River Park along the Marys River, which includes three bridges, a covered picnic shelter, restrooms, a 9-hole disc golf course, horseshoe pits, walking paths, a playground area, and an off-leash dog area.