{"id":7159,"date":"2023-08-27T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:33","slug":"hood-river-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hood-river-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Hood River County, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hood River County is a county in Oregon, United States, in the Columbia River Gorge between Mount Hood and the Columbia River. It had a population of 23,977 at the 2020 census and covers 533 square miles (1,380 km2) centred near 45°31′N 121°39′W.<\/p>\n

Hood River is the county seat, and its postal code is 97031. The county has 2 incorporated cities, 3 census-designated places, and several unincorporated communities. Hood River County is in the Pacific time zone and carries FIPS code 41027.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Hood River County<\/h2>\n

The county’s population centers split between two incorporated cities along the Columbia River and a scatter of unincorporated fruit-growing communities up the Hood River Valley toward Mount Hood. CDP = census-designated place (unincorporated but recognized by the Census Bureau); Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no formal municipal government.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hood River<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97031<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cascade Locks<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Odell<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkdale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Hood<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n97031<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oak Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenz<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rockford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lost Lake Resort<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Parkdale and Mount Hood sit close together in the upper Hood River Valley and are sometimes confused with each other; Parkdale is the older orchard-town center, while Mount Hood is the Census Bureau’s CDP boundary drawn around the same area.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n