Cornelius
A city in Washington County, Oregon — population 13,116 as of 2020.
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Second Run Portland: Eight Gorgeous Horror Films to Catch This Month
October’s second-run screenings are always full of familiar slashers, but there’s more than a few moody, beautiful gems cast amongst the gore. Plucked from our repertory roster, we’d like to draw your attention to an easily-overlooked eco-fable of a dragon god in an angry pond…
Creatives & Arts
The History of Concrete Follows the Fracture
Through three seasons of his HBO documentary series How To with John Wilson, filmmaker John Wilson has crafted mini-masterpieces of rambling nonfiction storytelling—wrapped up in the thin guise of a helpful guide for, say, making perfect risotto or finding a public restroom. His…
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Ticket Alert: Lizzy McAlpine, Carly Rae Jepsen, and More Portland Events Going On Sale Soon
Did someone say girl power? Indie pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine has announced a world tour supporting her recently released fourth album, Angel. Pop’s poet laureate Carly Rae Jepsen gets us dancing “Day and Night” after dropping a genre-spanning record. Plus, synthpop…
Creatives & Arts
How Portland Became a Player in the Comic Book Industry
It may surprise you to learn that Portland, Oregon, a mid-sized America city known for its rain and its many river spanning bridges, is a global hotbed for the production of comic books. A new documentary for OBP’s Oregon Artsbeat, Indie Comics City: How Portland Built Its Own…
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Mercury Music Picks: Geordie Greep Grips Rev Hall, Jane Remover’s Glitchy Electronic, and Abel Selacoe at the Oregon Symphony
Dear readers, I have finally arrived back in the Mercury office after a cool 19 days on the road. As glamorous as DIY tour life can be (sleeping on floors, squeezing into a car like a sardine, etc.) it is also incredibly fulfilling (I definitely teared up at every show thinking…
Creatives & Arts
THE BLACK BYLINE: Mitch Green & Macklemore’s “Spicy” White Dissent
They tryin’ to shut down the clubs that my city rocks / Now Mr. Mayor why would you enforce an ordinance?/ Music it saves lives, these kids out here are supporting it/ And through the artform we’ve learned the importance of community—Macklemore, “The Town” (2009) In true election…
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See & do
- Act V Theaters
- Airsoft Outlet Northwest
- Arboretum City Park
- Cornelius Public Library
- Country Meadow Estates
Eat, drink & stay
- Acai Monkey Bowls
- Casa Lola Kitchen de Mexico - Cornelius
- Antojitos Michoacan
- Jungle Room
- Apatzingan Market & Deli
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Cornelius by the numbers
- Area
- 2.34 sq mi (6.06 km²)
- Median age
- 35.1
- Households
- 4,843
- Persons per household
- 2.9
- Median household income
- $96,273
- Median house value
- $452,900
- Office
- CITY MANAGER
- Address
- 1355 N BARLOW ST, CORNELIUS, OR 97113