Welches, Oregon

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement 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<ref name=mhh>Template:Cite web</ref> who settled near Welches Creek in 1882 with his son, William, after the death of Samuel's wife.<ref name=OGN>Template:Cite book</ref> Samuel Welch died in 1898.<ref name=mhh/>

A post office was established in the village in 1905,<ref name=OGN/> and in 1909, a hotel was constructed, that ran until 1917; the hotel was eventually replaced by nine cottages.<ref name=mhh/> Today a hotel and golf resort is located in the village, complete with croquet courts.<ref>http://www.mthood-resort.com/ mthood-resort.com</ref> Welches is home to the Hoodland library, operated by the city of Sandy.