Herman Creek Bridge

"1979... Herman Creek Bridge destroyed."

May 13, 2020

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Lyn Topinka, Columbia River Images: Herman Creek, Oregon

Herman Creek was named after an early settler James H. Herman.

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The 1860 cadastral survey (tax survey) for T2N R8E, shows the home of "J. Herman" located in the upper part of the SW quarter of Section 5. The creek is labeled "Herman's Creek", and in the NE quarter of Section 5 is "Herman's Lake". "Herman's Creek" is shown having two mouths not too far apart(now under the waters of the Bonneville Reservoir). A "J.W. Allen" is listed as owning 29.86 acres in the SE quarter of Section 6, where the western mouth of Herman Creek meets the Columbia River. The outlet for "Herman's Lake" is slightly upstream of the eastern-most mouth of "Herman's Creek". "Herman's Lake" has a large island located in the center of it, taking up most of the lake. "Herman's Lake" today is a part of Government Cove.

The Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Records database shows James H. Herrman being granted title to 318.8 acres for parts of T2N R8E, Section 5, on July 21, 1875 (1850 Oregon-Donation Act).

According to McArthur and McArthur in "Oregon Geographic Names" (2003), the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Herman Creek" official in 1915, after research by Henry Biddle of Portland discovered "Herman" was the correct spelling rather than "Hermann", as often seen in use. (Note the GLO database spells the name as "Herrman".)

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