This farming and timber community's largest employer is Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan, a federal minimum and medium security prison. Sheridan Bridge is the only river crossing within Sheridan. This highway and Oregon Route 18 Business run east–west through Sheridan and nearby Willamina, parallel to the river. Sheridan lies west of the county seat of McMinnville, along Oregon Route 18. Located in the western part of the Willamette Valley, the city is at the base of the Northern Oregon Coast Range along the South Yamhill River. The population of the city as of the 2020 Census was 6,100, a decrease from 6,127 at the 2010 census. A major fire burned much of the city in 1913, and a flood covered much of the city in 1964.
Platted in the 1860s when it received a post office, the city was incorporated in 1880. Sheridan is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.
