Even though Jennings Lodge is not part of 
Oregon City; the local elementary school (along with nearby Candy Lane Elementary) forms an 
exclave of the 
Oregon City School District.  This state of affairs has been controversial over the years.
[citation needed]
 Jennings Lodge is a 
census-designated place and 
unincorporated community in 
Clackamas County, 
Oregon, United States, between 
Milwaukie and 
Gladstone. For statistical purposes, the 
United States Census Bureau has defined Jennings Lodge as a 
census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. As of the 
United States Census, 2010, it had a total population of 7,315.
About Jennings Lodge, Oregon
According to Oregon Geographic Names, Jennings Lodge was platted as a townsite in 1905 and named after Berryman Jennings, an Oregon pioneer, one of whose children still owned Jennings' house in 1927.