Welches is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor between Zigzag and Wemme along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the many communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.
History
The community was named after Samuel Welch, a homesteader from Virginia who settled near Welches Creek in 1882 with his son, William, after the death of Samuel's wife. Samuel Welch died in 1898. Welches is home to the Hoodland library, operated by the city of Sandy.
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File:Woman on Salmon River ca. 1915.jpg|A woman on the Salmon River in Welches 1915
File:Welches.JPG|The Welches golf course
File:Welches2.JPG|Salmon River in Welches
File:Resort at the Mountain - Welches, Oregon 2.jpg|Resort at the Mountain
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See also
- Mount Hood Village CDP
- Village (Oregon)
- Library Information Network of Clackamas County (background on the Hoodland library)