Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area,the city hosts many high-technology companies,such as Intel,locally known as the Silicon Forest. At the 2020 census,the city's population was 106,447.
Quatama,formerly Quatama/Northwest 205th Avenue,is a light rail station in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States,that is served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. Situated between Orenco station and Willow Creek/Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center,it is the seventh eastbound station on the Blue Line. The two-track,island platform station includes a park-and-ride lot. Quatama Station is named after the area which includes Quatama Road to the south of the station. Opened in 1998,the stop is near high-tech industries and the Amberglen business park,which includes Oregon Health &Science University's West Campus and the Oregon National Primate Research Center. With the renaming of Northwest 205th Avenue to Northeast John Olsen Avenue by the city of Hillsboro in 2017,TriMet changed the station's name from its original,longer name.
Orenco is a light rail station in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States,served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. It is the seventh station eastbound on the Blue Line,situated between the Quatama and Hawthorn Farm stations. The two-track,island platform station serves the Orenco Station neighborhood,which is considered a model for smart growth and transit-oriented development. It features a 125-space park and ride,a bike and ride,and connections to TriMet bus route 47–Baseline/Evergreen and Ride Connection's North Hillsboro Link.
Orenco is a former company town in Washington County,Oregon,United States,located between Hillsboro and Aloha. The former community of Orenco now forms the Orenco neighborhood in Hillsboro,which is the site of the Orenco Station housing development.
The Hillsboro School District 1J is a unified school district located in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. The district operates 26 elementary schools,four middle schools,and four high schools. Founded in 1851,the school district covers Hillsboro,Scholls,Reedville,North Plains,West Union,and other area communities. Total enrollment as of the 2019–2020 school year is 20,269 students,the fourth largest in the state.
Five Oaks Museum,formerly known as the Washington County Museum,is a history museum in Washington County,Oregon,United States. It is located at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College (PCC),north of Beaverton,Oregon. From 2012 to 2017,its public exhibit space was located in downtown Hillsboro,Oregon,before it was moved back to PCC,its pre-2012 location and where the museum's research facility had already been located.
The Hillsboro Argus was a twice-weekly newspaper in the city of Hillsboro,Oregon,from 1894 to 2017,known as the Washington County Argus for its final year. The Argus was distributed in Washington County,Oregon,United States. First published in 1894,but later merged with the older,1873-introduced Forest Grove Independent,the paper was owned by the McKinney family for more than 90 years prior to being sold to Advance Publications in 1999. The Argus was published weekly until 1953,then twice-weekly from 1953 until 2015. In early 2017,it was reported that the paper was planning to cease publication in March 2017. The final edition was that of March 29,2017.
The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. It is located at the west end of the city along the Tualatin Valley Highway and adjacent to Dairy Creek. The 8.42-acre (3.41 ha) cemetery comprises three formerly private cemeteries. In 1973,the city of Hillsboro gained title to what is the oldest cemetery in Washington County.
The Oregon International Air Show - formerly the "Portland Rose Festival Air Show" - is an annual event held in Oregon,United States. The event began in 1988,and has an average annual attendance of 55,000. Profits from the show are distributed to local charities.
The Hillsboro Civic Center is a government-built,mixed-use development in downtown Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. The development includes the city hall for the county seat of Washington County,located west of Portland,Oregon. Covering 6 acres (24,000 m2),the Civic Center has a total of over 165,000 square feet (15,300 m2) in the complex. The total of six stories for the main structure makes the building the tallest in the city,tied with Tuality Community Hospital. In addition to government offices,the Civic Center includes retail space,public plazas,and residential housing. The complex was built to centralize city government functions under one roof.
Cornelius Pass Road is an arterial road over Cornelius Pass in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland,Oregon,United States,also extending several miles to the south. Running north–south,the road stretches between U.S. Route 30 (US 30) on the north and Kinnaman Street,just south of Oregon Route 8 (OR 8),on the south. The road passes through Washington and Multnomah counties,crossing the Tualatin Mountains at Cornelius Pass,581 feet (177 m) above sea level. TriMet's MAX Light Rail line travels over the road on a bridge. The section between US 30 in Burlington and U.S. Route 26 in Hillsboro is Oregon Route 127,known in the Oregon state highway system as Cornelius Pass Highway No. 127.
The Oregon Nursery Company was a nursery company founded and originally operated in Salem,Oregon,United States. The company later expanded to a site in Washington County,Oregon west of Portland. The entire operation was eventually moved to Washington County,where the company founded the town of Orenco. The company went bankrupt in 1927. Its legacy is the Orenco place name that is still widely used in the Hillsboro area.
Tom Hughes is an American politician and former educator. He was the president of Metro,a regional government in the Portland metropolitan area,from 2011-2019,and was the mayor of his home town of Hillsboro from 2001-2009. He also on the city's planning commission and city council. During his time a mayor,the city built the Hillsboro Civic Center as the new city hall,with the exterior plaza then named in his honor after he left office.
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania,he grew up in Hillsboro,Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was a small business owner before becoming a real estate agent and entering politics. He served on Hillsboro's budget committee and city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1993 to 2001. The Gordon Faber Recreation Complex in the city's northeast corner is named in his honor.
Kaiser Westside Medical Center is a hospital in the Tanasbourne neighborhood in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in August 2013 with 126 hospital beds,the Kaiser Permanente facility is planned to later expand to 174 beds. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects and Petersen Kolberg &Associates Architects/Planners. The $220 million hospital includes Kaiser's Sunset Medical Office that opened in 1987 on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area.
Orenco Woods Nature Park is a park located in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. The site was formerly nine-hole Orenco Woods Golf Course in the Orenco neighborhood owned by the Hillsboro Elks. The eastern edge is bounded by Cornelius Pass Road and the tracks for the MAX Blue Line form the northern boundary. Rock Creek flows through the 42-acre (17 ha) site between Orchard Park upstream and Noble Woods Park downstream,with the Rock Creek Trail planned to connect all three parks.
Hillsboro Fire &Rescue is the municipal fire department for the city of Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in 1880,the department operates five stations with six companies. The department has 123 members and is led by Chief David Downey.
Washington County Fire District 2 (WCFD2) was a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in Washington County on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. Established in 1952,it primarily provided fire and emergency medical services in the central portion of the county surrounding Hillsboro,including the city of North Plains. The District had two fire stations when it was absorbed by Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue in 2017.
Cornell Creek Park is a city park in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Opened in 2016,it has the second dog park in the city after Hondo Dog Park. Located in the Orenco Station neighborhood along Cornell Road,it has just over four acres that is bisected by a small creek.
Malcolm McDonald House is a dwelling located in the Orenco Woods Nature Park,in Hillsboro,Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2015.
