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Deschutes

The city’s Deschutes neighborhood has its own established residential geography.

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The setting

Deschutes, Deschutes Heights and Deschutes River Highlands are different names, with different planning relationships.

The homes

Established residential streets and infill; improvement dates vary by property.

Before you compare

City and urban-edge parcels can differ. Confirm jurisdiction, utilities and school assignment by address.

1 community profiles · 1 planning / plat profiles

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Neighborhoods within Deschutes

1 community profiles

Map & everyday geography

Get to know the streets

A closer look at the area.

Explore local streets and landmarks. Pins orient you to the area; shaded outlines are city-mapped associations, not the boundaries of this browsing region.

Streets: OpenStreetMap. Outlines: City of Olympia association data, retrieved September 19, 2026. Association outlines are not city limits or the full extent of every guide.View all neighborhoods →

Deschutes River Highlands at Munn Lake is listed within Bush Prairie.

Detailed neighborhood research, recorded names & construction history

Inside Deschutes

Neighborhoods, subdivisions & smaller places.

Compare each place on its own. Builder history, house age, style and ownership arrangements can change between neighboring streets. Recorded-name groups and dated development projects are labeled separately from established communities.

Neighborhood

Deschutes neighborhood

The separately named city planning neighborhood.

Housing history, ownership & sources
Construction history
A complete construction range is not yet established; verify the house in Assessor and original permit records.
Housing & styles
An architectural style is not inferred from a year-built field. Confirm the actual house and original plans.
Homebuilder
Original builder has not been established in the sources reviewed.

Evidence: planning record. Development dates, association formation and individual home completion are separate facts.

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Plat records

The Farm

County parcel records identify The Farm around HARVEST DR SE, SE SURREY CT, SE PALOMINO DR. Related record names and divisions remain separate until their original maps and governing documents establish the relationship.

Recorded construction samples:
  • FARM THE: 1988 · 1 year observations · 0.42-acre median residential lot
  • FARM THE DIV 1: 1987–2011 · 55 year observations · 0.35-acre median residential lot
  • FARM THE DIV 2: 1988–2000 · 37 year observations · 0.33-acre median residential lot

Sampled buildings; not a complete buildout history.

Housing history, ownership & sources
Construction history
FARM THE: 1988 (1 year observations); FARM THE DIV 1: 1987–2011 (55 year observations); FARM THE DIV 2: 1988–2000 (37 year observations). Separate recorded groups, not one combined buildout range.
Housing & styles
An architectural style is not inferred from a year-built field. Confirm the actual house and original plans.
Homebuilder
Original builder has not been established in the sources reviewed.
Street examples
HARVEST DR SE · SE SURREY CT · SE PALOMINO DR. Sample streets, not a boundary or a matched parcel list.
Parcel-sample jurisdiction
Tumwater. This reflects the sampled parcels, not every property in the wider browsing region.
Recorded names & construction-year samples (3 record groups)

October 10, 2026 research snapshot. These are legal-description search groups, not a count of homes or certified plat boundaries. Divisions, phases and similarly named records remain separate. Year-built fields can include later replacement buildings and non-house property types.

Assessor sample by exact recorded name
Recorded nameYear-built sampleResidential lot sample
FARM THE2 named parcel observations19881 year observations · median 19880.42 acres median1 acreage observations
FARM THE DIV 156 named parcel observations1987–201155 year observations · median 19890.35 acres median55 acreage observations
FARM THE DIV 237 named parcel observations1988–200037 year observations · median 19900.33 acres median37 acreage observations

Acreage is the median of positive lot-size observations below 100 acres coded RES in the research, not a measurement of every home lot. Samples can be incomplete or overlap; do not add them to calculate community totals. Confirm the actual parcel, original permit, additions and recorded map before relying on a date or size.

Evidence: parcel records. Development dates, association formation and individual home completion are separate facts. Research updated October 10, 2026.

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A named place is included even when photographs or a complete builder history are still being gathered. Exact home facts belong to its parcel, plat, permits and current association documents.

A closer look inside Deschutes

Start with the details that change from one place to another.

These local profiles surface a useful contrast in construction history, development or property responsibilities. Open the source notes before applying a community-level fact to a specific address.

History & construction

The Farm

The county research keeps 3 recorded-name groups separate. “FARM THE DIV 1” has 55 county records with a year built from 1987–2011, median 1989; sampled residential lots have a 0.35-acre median (55 observations); “FARM THE DIV 2” has 37 county records with a year built from 1988–2000, median 1990; sampled residential lots have a 0.33-acre median (37 observations). These assessor samples help compare building eras, but do not establish the first or last home in a subdivision or the permit history of an individual address. 1 additional groups appear in the table below.

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Sources & how to read this research

Parcel-research snapshot: October 10, 2026. Page copy reviewed October 11, 2026. Regional labels are browsing choices; original records determine parcel facts. The directory is an expanding researched selection, not a certified complete inventory of every subdivision.

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Landmark photographs do not establish school attendance, public access or property rights.

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