Forest Grove, a post village of Washington co., Oregon, on the Oregon Central railroad, 23 m. W. of Portland; pop. in 1870, 922. It is the seat of Pacific university, which has preparatory, normal, scientific, and collegiate courses, and a three years' course for young ladies. It was organized in 1859, and in 1872 had 7 professors and instructors, 100 students, and a library of 5,000 volumes. .