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Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro, Oregon
City
From top: City Hall, Chief Kno-Tah, Main Street Bridge, fountain at The Streets of Tanasbourne, Downtown with Mount Hood and Tuality Hospital in the background, and Intel's Ronler Acres Campus
From top: City Hall, Chief Kno-Tah, Main Street Bridge, fountain at The Streets of Tanasbourne, Downtown with Mount Hood and Tuality Hospital in the background, and Intel's Ronler Acres Campus
Official logo of Hillsboro, Oregon
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Nickname(s): The Hub City
Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon
Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon
Hillsboro, Oregon is located in the US
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro, Oregon
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 45°31′N 122°59′W / 45.517°N 122.983°W / 45.517; -122.983Coordinates: 45°31′N 122°59′W / 45.517°N 122.983°W / 45.517; -122.983
Country United States
State Oregon
County Washington County
Incorporated October 19, 1876
Named for David Hill
Government
 • Type Council–manager
 • Mayor Steve Callaway
 • City manager Michael Brown
Area
 • Total 24.25 sq mi (62.8 km2)
 • Land 24.24 sq mi (62.8 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation 194 ft (60 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 91,611
 • Estimate (2015) 102,347
 • Rank 1st in Washington County
5th in Oregon
303rd in United States
 • Density 3,833.1/sq mi (1,480.0/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 97123, 97124, 97006
Area code(s) 503 and 971
FIPS code 41-34100
GNIS feature ID 1163049
Demonym Hillsboroans
Website www.hillsboro-oregon.gov
Hillsboro
Crime rates* (2012)
Violent crimes
Homicide 2
Robbery 52
Aggravated assault 92
Total violent crime 180
Property crimes
Burglary 323
Larceny-theft 1,716
Motor vehicle theft 115
Arson 6
Total property crime 2,154
Notes

*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.

2012 population: 94,119

Source: 2012 FBI UCR Data

Hillsboro (/ˈhɪlzbər/) is the fifth-largest city in the State of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that comprise what has become known as the Silicon Forest. At the 2010 Census, the city's population was 91,611.

For thousands of years before the arrival of European-American settlers, the Atfalati tribe of the Kalapuya lived in the Tualatin Valley near the later site of Hillsboro. The climate, moderated by the Pacific Ocean, helped make the region suitable for fishing, hunting, food gathering, and agriculture. Settlers founded a community here in 1842, later named after David Hill, an Oregon politician. Transportation by riverboat on the Tualatin River was part of Hillsboro's settler economy. A railroad reached the area in the early 1870s and an interurban electric railway about four decades later. These railways, as well as highways, aided the slow growth of the city to about 2,000 people by 1910 and about 5,000 by 1950, before the arrival of high-tech companies in the 1980s.

Hillsboro has a council–manager government consisting of a city manager and a city council headed by a mayor. In addition to high-tech industry, sectors important to Hillsboro's economy are health care, retail sales, and agriculture, including grapes and wineries. The city operates more than twenty parks and the mixed-use Hillsboro Stadium, and ten sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Modes of transportation include private vehicles, public buses and light rail, and aircraft using the Hillsboro Airport. The city is home to Pacific University's Health Professions Campus. Notable residents include two Oregon governors.


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