Beaverton is a city in Washington County,in the U.S. state of Oregon with a small portion bordering Portland in the Tualatin Valley. The city is among the main cities that make up the Portland metropolitan area. Its population was 97,494 at the 2020 census,making it the second-largest city in the county and the seventh-largest city in Oregon. Beaverton is an economic center for Washington County along with neighboring Hillsboro. It is home to the world headquarters of Nike,Inc.,although it sits outside of city limits on unincorporated county land.
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.
Liberty High School is located in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States,just west of Portland. It opened in 2003,with only freshmen,sophomores and juniors. The school has 1,534 students (2017–2018) and 140 faculty members. As of 2016,the graduation rate was 85%.
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.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate. Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council,and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010,but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
William Nathan Barrett was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. A native of Washington County,he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,including three different times in the Oregon House. A Republican,he was also a three time mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon.
Samuel Bruce Huston was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. Originally a Democrat and later a Republican,he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was twice the mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon. A native of Indiana,he served in the state senate as a Democrat from one county his first term,but moved and changed parties by his second term 20 years later.
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.
Shirley Todd Huffman was an American politician and legal secretary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Raised in Dayton,Oregon,she settled in Hillsboro,Oregon,where she served on the city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1985 to 1993. During her time as mayor,plans for the Westside Light Rail were approved,with Huffman receiving credit for the extension into downtown Hillsboro. After leaving office,she served on the board of directors of TriMet and as a development coordinator for the city.
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.
Harry Taylor Bagley was an American attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio,he was raised in Washington County,Oregon,where he practiced law and was a local official. He also served as a two-term mayor of Hillsboro,the county seat,and under his administration the city's public works were modernized and roads paved for the first time.
Orange Phelps was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of California,he attended colleges in the Midwest where he played baseball before moving to Oregon. Phelps settled near Portland in Hillsboro where he opened the first movie theater and later served as a mayor of that city and on the city council. He continued in the movie business until the 1970s and also opened the first drive-in theater in the county.
John Dennis Hughes was a pioneer in the field of school-based alcohol and drug prevention efforts in the Pacific Northwest. He served in various capacities during his career including positions at the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Charles Andrew Hales is a former American politician who served as the 52nd mayor of Portland,Oregon,from 2013 to 2017. He previously served on the Portland City Council from 1993 to 2002.
Miller M. Duris was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,he served as mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon,and as chairman of the Washington County Board of Commissioners in the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the United States Navy and worked for nearly 30 years at Tektronix.
Susan McLain is an American politician. A Democrat,she currently serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 29,representing Cornelius,Forest Grove,and parts of Hillsboro. She served as a councilor for Metro,the regional government covering the urban portions of Clackamas,Multnomah,and Washington counties,for 16 years,first winning election in 1990. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Washington County commissioner in 2006. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014,defeating Republican Mark Richman.
Jerry Willey is an American politician who is currently a Washington County Commissioner and was the 41st mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon,a position he held from 2009 to 2017.
Nathan Sosa is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 30th district. He assumed office on February 1,2022.
