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Corvallis is a city in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST10&prodType=table )〕 Its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 55,298 in 2013.〔 Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University and a large Hewlett-Packard research campus. At a longitude of 123 degrees west and 17 minutes, the city is the westernmost city in the lower 48 states with a population larger than 50,000. ==History== In 1845, Joseph C. Avery settled a land claim at the mouth of Marys River where it flows into the Willamette River.〔Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.〕 In 1849, Avery opened a store at the site, platted the land, and surveyed a town site on his land claim, naming the community Marysville.〔 It is possible that the city was named after early settler Mary Lloyd, but now the name is thought to be derived from French fur trappers' naming of Marys Peak after the Virgin Mary.〔(Corvallis Gazette Times: Archived Articles )〕 In 1853, the legislative assembly changed the city's name to Corvallis, from the Latin phrase ''cor vallis'', meaning "heart of the valley." Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29, 1857.〔(corvallis150.org )〕 The town served briefly as the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1855 before Salem was eventually selected as the permanent seat of state government.〔 Nineteenth-century Corvallis saw a three-year boom beginning in 1889, which began with the establishment of a privately-owned electrical plant by L.L. Hurd.〔Bruce Martin, "Bushrod Washington Wilson," ''Oregon Historical Quarterly,'' vol. 39, no. 3 (Sept. 1938), pp. 283-284.〕 A flurry of publicity and public and private investment followed, including construction of a grand county courthouse, planning and first construction of a new street railway, construction of a new flour mill along the river between Monroe and Jackson Avenues, and construction of the Hotel Corvallis, today known as the Julian Hotel.〔 In addition a carriage factory was launched in the city and the town's streets were improved, while the size of the city was twice enlarged through annexation.〔 Bonds were issued for a city-owned water works, a sewer system, and for public ownership of the electric pant.〔 A publicity campaign was launched to attempt to expand the tax base through new construction for new arrivals.〔 This effort proved mostly unsuccessful, however, and in 1892 normalcy returned, with the city saddled with about $150,000 in bonded debt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corvallis, Oregon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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