Cully, Portland, Oregon facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cully
Neighborhood
Cully Location in Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
State	Oregon
City	Portland
Area
• Total	2.74 sq mi (7.10 km2)
Population  (2000)
• Total	12,959
• Density	4,727/sq mi (1,825.2/km2)
Housing
• No. of households	4685
• Occupancy rate	92% occupied
• Owner-occupied	2846 households (61%)
• Renting	1839 households (39%)
• Avg. household size	2.77 persons

Cully is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood, as well as NE Cully Blvd. that runs diagonally through it, is named after English stonemason Thomas Cully (1810–1891), an early settler. Cully borders Sunderland, Concordia, and Beaumont-Wilshire on the west, Portland International Airport on the north, Sumner on the east, and Rose City Park and Roseway on the south.

Neighborhood parks include Sacajawea Park (1985), Rigler Community Garden (2004), Khunamokwst Park (2015), and Whitaker Ponds Nature Park (1998). Nevertheless, Cully has the smallest amount of parkland per capita, and largest population living more than one-half mile from a park, of any Portland neighborhood. The Thomas Cully Park Community Garden celebrated its grand opening on October 18, 2012.

Rose City Cemetery, founded in 1906, occupies the southwest corner of the neighborhood. Within its grounds is the Japanese Cemetery, which is maintained independently by the Japanese Ancestral Society of Portland.