We are located 15 minutes from downtown Gresham

at the

Boring/Damascus Grange

(map)

The Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Company

Local Restaurant: Paola's Corner Restaurant and Lounge. Good food. Locally owned.                               Open until 9PM, except Sunday.  Phone: (503) 663-1394 

HISTORY OF BORING

Boring is located along Oregon Highway 212, approximately eight miles south of Gresham and about the same distance from Clackamas, both suburbs of Portland.  The town comprises of two intersections, an elementary school and a middle school, a branch of the Clackamas County Bank, a U.S. Post Office, the headquarters of the Boring Rural Fire District, as well as other businesses.  The community was named for W. H. Boring, an early resident of the area.  Boring was platted in 1903 as "Boring Junction."  The post office was established and named "Boring" the same year. 

Boring was a timber industry town throughout much of the 20th century. The Portland Traction Company, a now-defunct railroad operated a rail line from Portland (near the current location of OMSI on the Willamette River) to Boring via Gresham.  In the 1950's the Southern Pacific  and Union Pacific railroads jointly took over operation of the remaining portion of the line for freight operations.

Much of the line has since been purchased by local governments with the intention of creating a long-distance bike trail and park area.  In 2005, by narrow vote, Boring was incorporated into "Villiage" status.