Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro (/ˈhɪlzbəroʊ/ HILZ-burr-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County.[7] 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. The population was 106,447 at the 2020 census,[4] making Hillsboro the 5th most populous city in Oregon.
Hillsboro | |
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From top: Downtown with Mount Hood and Tuality Hospital in the background, City Hall, fountain at The Streets of Tanasbourne, Intel's Ronler Acres Campus, Main Street Bridge, Jerry Willey Plaza at Orenco Station Plaza | |
| Nickname: The Hub City[1] | |
Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 45°31′38″N 122°56′10″W / 45.52722°N 122.93611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Washington |
| Settled | 1841 |
| Laid Out | 1842 |
| Incorporated | October 19, 1876 |
| Named for | David Hill |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Steve Callaway |
| • City manager | Robby Hammond |
| Area | |
| • City | 25.86 sq mi (66.96 km2) |
| • Land | 25.84 sq mi (66.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 106,447 |
| • Estimate (2022)[5] | 107,299 |
| • Rank | US: 298th OR: 5th |
| • Density | 4,118.99/sq mi (1,590.33/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,104,238 (US: 23rd) |
| • Metro | 2,509,489 (US: 25th) |
| Demonym | Hillsboroans[6] |
| Time zone | UTC–8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 97003, 97006, 97123, 97124 |
| Area code(s) | 503 and 971 |
| FIPS code | 41-34100 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410765[3] |
| Website | hillsboro-oregon.gov |
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.
History edit
The European-American community was founded by David Hill, Isaiah Kelsey, and Richard Williams, who arrived in the Tualatin Valley in 1841, followed by six more pioneers in 1842.[8] The locality went by two other names—East Tualatin Plains and Columbia—before it was named "Hillsborough" in February 1850 in honor of Hill, when he sold part of his land claim to the county.[9] On February 5, 1850, commissioners chosen by the territorial legislature selected the community to be the seat of the county government.[9] Hill was to be paid $200 for his land after plots had been sold for the town site,[9] but he died before this occurred, and his widow Lucinda received the funds.[10] The town's name was later simplified to Hillsboro. A log cabin was built in 1853 to serve as the community's first school, which opened in October 1854.[11] Riverboats provided transportation to Hillsboro as early as 1867 when the side-wheel steamer Yamhill worked on the Tualatin River.[8]
In 1871, the Oregon and California Railroad line was extended to the area, but it ran just south of town because the city did not want to give the railroad land in exchange for the rail connection.[8] Hillsboro was incorporated as the Town of Hillsboro on October 19, 1876, by the Oregon Legislature.[12] The first mayor was A. Luelling, who took office on December 8, 1876, and served a one-year term.[13] Notable later mayors included Congressman Thomas H. Tongue (1882 and 1886) and state senator William D. Hare (1885).[13] In 1923, the city altered its charter and adopted a council-manager government with a six-person city council, a part-time mayor who determined major policies, and a city manager who ran day-to-day operations.[14]
On September 30, 1908, 5,000 people gathered as the Oregon Electric Railway opened a connection between the city and Portland with an interurban electric rail line, the first to reach the community.[15] In January 1914, the Southern Pacific Railroad introduced its own interurban service, known as the Red Electric, on a separate line and serving different communities between Hillsboro and Portland.[16][17] SP discontinued its Hillsboro service on July 28, 1929,[17] while the Oregon Electric Railway's passenger service to Hillsboro lasted until July 1932.[16]
A brick building was constructed in 1852 to house the county government, followed by a brick courthouse in 1873.[18] In 1891, the courthouse was remodeled and a clock tower was added,[19] and the building was expanded with an annex in 1912. A new courthouse replaced the brick structure in 1928. The last major remodel of the 1928 structure occurred in 1972, when the Justice Services Building was built and incorporated into the existing building.[18]
The city's first fire department was a hook and ladder company organized in 1880 by the board of trustees (now city council).[20] A drinking water and electricity distribution system added in 1892–93 gave the town three fire hydrants and minimal street lighting.[21] Hillsboro built its first sewer system in 1911, but sewage treatment was not added until 1936.[22] In 1913, the city built its own water system,[23] and the first library, Carnegie City Library, opened in December 1914.[24] From 1921 to 1952, the world's second-tallest radio tower stood on the south side of the city,[25] but in 1952, the wireless telegraph tower was demolished. During the 1950s and 1960s, the privately owned company Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc., provided transit service connecting Hillsboro with Beaverton and Portland.[26] It was taken over by the publicly owned transit agency TriMet in 1970.[27][28]
In 1972, the Hillsboro City Council passed a Green River Ordinance banning door-to-door solicitation, but it was ruled unconstitutional by the Oregon Supreme Court in a 1988 decision.[29] The court determined that the city ordinance was overly broad, in a case that was seen as a test case for many similar laws in the state.[29] In 1979, Intel opened its first facility in Hillsboro.[30] The Hawthorn Farm campus was followed by the Jones Farm campus adjacent to the airport in 1982, and finally by the Ronler Acres campus in 1994.[30] TriMet opened a Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail line into the city in 1998. A cultural center was added in 2004, and a new city hall was completed in 2005. In 2008, SolarWorld opened a facility producing solar wafers, crystals, and cells, the largest plant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.[31] U.S. President Barack Obama visited the city and Intel's Ronler Acres campus in February 2011.[32]
Geography edit
The United States Census Bureau reports the city has a total area of 21.6 sq mi (55.9 km2), all of which is land. In 2013, Hillsboro itself reported an area of 23.88 sq mi (61.8 km2), equivalent to 15,283 acres (61.8 km2).[33] The city is located in the Tualatin Valley, and the Tualatin River forms part of the southern city limits. The city's terrain is fairly level, consistent with an agricultural past and the farms still in operation.[34][35] Hillsboro is about 17 mi (27 km) west of Portland and immediately west of Beaverton, at an elevation of 194 ft (59 m) above sea level.[3] In addition to the Tualatin River, streams include Dairy Creek, McKay Creek, Rock Creek, Dawson Creek, and Turner Creek. Neighboring communities in addition to Beaverton are Aloha, Cornelius, Glencoe, North Plains, Reedville, Scholls, and West Union.
Hillsboro's street system differs from many others in the county.[36] Most cities in Washington County use a numbering system and cardinal direction orientation based on a grid that begins at the Willamette River in downtown Portland, which was originally part of Washington County.[36] For example, the street names in Beaverton generally include Southwest (SW) prefixes because Beaverton lies in the southwest quadrant of the Portland grid. Previously, some county road names and addresses in Hillsboro conformed to the Portland grid instead of Hillsboro's internal cardinal direction grid.[37] In January 2015, the city began the process of making all addresses and streets within Hillsboro conform to the internal grid, through the Connecting Hillsboro Address Project.[38]
The internal grid in Hillsboro centers on the downtown intersection of Main Street, which runs east–west, and First Avenue, which runs north–south. Most addresses within the city include a quadrant prefix: NW, NE, SW, or SE. Main Street is simply designated as East Main or West Main, and First Avenue is only North First or South First.[39] Addresses on the streets' south side and the avenues' east side have even numbers, while odd numbers are on the opposite side.[39] Hillsboro's street system contains 20 blocks per mile (12.5 blocks per kilometer).[39]
North–south through roadways are called avenues, while east–west roadways are called streets.[40] All cul-de-sacs are named courts.[40] Private roadways are named ways or places.[40] Roads that curve can be named drives.[40] Alleys are named lanes.[40] Non-city streets may not conform to these naming conventions.[37]
Neighborhoods edit
The city's municipal code has designated several special plan areas, each of which follow area-specific plans and codes:
- Downtown encompasses the original city core and the area immediately surrounding it.[41] Blocks in the downtown core are 400 ft (120 m) long on each side.[42]
- Orenco consists of the Orenco Townsite Conservation zone (encompassing a former company town originally created by the Oregon Nursery Company) and the Orenco Station sub-area, which is described in the city code as a "compact, transit-supportive mixed-use neighborhood with reduced automobile reliance".[43]
- The Hawthorn Farm / Fair Complex Plan District is centered on the Hawthorn Farm LRT station and the Washington County Fairgrounds (known since 2019 as the Westside Commons).[44]
- Amberglen, located just south of the Tanasbourne neighborhood, is envisioned as "a vibrant, regional activity center enlivened with high-quality pedestrian and environmental amenities, taking advantage of the region’s light rail system".[45] Located within the district is Oregon Health & Science University's West Campus.
- The South Hillsboro planning district encompasses the newly annexed South Hillsboro neighborhood, described in the city code as "a complete, connected and green community".[46] The neighborhood, built on land once used as a hobby farm by William Ladd and Simeon Reed,[47] is slated to become "a residential mixed-use community organized around a town center and complemented by a village center".[46]
- The North Hillsboro Industrial Area Plan District[48] lies within Hillsboro's Industrial District, where many of the Silicon Forest's manufacturing and technology businesses reside. Over half of the city's total employment is located within the Hillsboro Industrial District.[49]
- The city's Comprehensive Plan outlines several other plan areas not defined in the city code: Quatama, Tanasbourne, NE 28th Ave/East Main Street Plan Area, and Witch Hazel Village.[50]
Climate edit
Summers in Hillsboro are generally warm, but temperatures year-round are moderated by a marine influence from the Pacific Ocean.[51] The Willamette Valley in which Hillsboro lies receives the majority of its precipitation during the winter months, with the wettest period from November through March.[51] This occasionally includes snowfall.[52] Hillsboro receives precipitation on 161 days per year, on average.[53] The average yearly precipitation between 1930 and 1998 was 38 in (970 mm).[54] August is the warmest month with an average high temperature of 81 °F (27 °C), while January is the coolest month with an average high of 46 °F (8 °C).[55] The highest recorded temperature, 114 °F (46 °C), occurred on June 28, 2021, and the lowest, −10 °F (−23 °C), occurred on January 31, 1950.[55]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hillsboro has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb).
| Climate data for Hillsboro, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1929–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) | 70 (21) | 83 (28) | 90 (32) | 100 (38) | 114 (46) | 108 (42) | 107 (42) | 103 (39) | 92 (33) | 78 (26) | 64 (18) | 114 (46) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 57.2 (14.0) | 60.6 (15.9) | 69.5 (20.8) | 78.3 (25.7) | 86.6 (30.3) | 91.4 (33.0) | 96.9 (36.1) | 97.3 (36.3) | 92.4 (33.6) | 77.9 (25.5) | 63.5 (17.5) | 56.9 (13.8) | 99.9 (37.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.3 (8.5) | 51.0 (10.6) | 55.9 (13.3) | 60.9 (16.1) | 68.7 (20.4) | 73.5 (23.1) | 82.1 (27.8) | 82.4 (28.0) | 76.4 (24.7) | 63.7 (17.6) | 52.6 (11.4) | 46.2 (7.9) | 63.4 (17.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 40.4 (4.7) | 42.3 (5.7) | 46.2 (7.9) | 50.1 (10.1) | 56.7 (13.7) | 61.0 (16.1) | 67.2 (19.6) | 67.1 (19.5) | 62.0 (16.7) | 52.3 (11.3) | 44.6 (7.0) | 39.8 (4.3) | 52.5 (11.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.6 (0.9) | 33.5 (0.8) | 36.5 (2.5) | 39.2 (4.0) | 44.7 (7.1) | 48.6 (9.2) | 52.2 (11.2) | 51.8 (11.0) | 47.5 (8.6) | 40.9 (4.9) | 36.5 (2.5) | 33.3 (0.7) | 41.5 (5.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 23.9 (−4.5) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 31.2 (−0.4) | 35.3 (1.8) | 40.4 (4.7) | 45.0 (7.2) | 44.3 (6.8) | 38.5 (3.6) | 30.4 (−0.9) | 25.0 (−3.9) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 16.8 (−8.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −14 (−26) | −9 (−23) | 18 (−8) | 20 (−7) | 26 (−3) | 30 (−1) | 36 (2) | 30 (−1) | 29 (−2) | 20 (−7) | 8 (−13) | −2 (−19) | −14 (−26) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.27 (134) | 3.97 (101) | 3.70 (94) | 2.57 (65) | 2.02 (51) | 1.31 (33) | 0.37 (9.4) | 0.48 (12) | 1.38 (35) | 3.37 (86) | 5.44 (138) | 6.05 (154) | 35.93 (913) |
| Average precipitation days | 19.3 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 19.4 | 19.9 | 158.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 77 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 6.7 |
| Mean daily daylight hours | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 12.2 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Source 1: NOAA[56][57] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather Atlas (UV and humidity)[58] | |||||||||||||
Demographics edit
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 402 | — | |
| 1890 | 1,246 | 210.0% | |
| 1900 | 980 | −21.3% | |
| 1910 | 2,016 | 105.7% | |
| 1920 | 2,468 | 22.4% | |
| 1930 | 3,039 | 23.1% | |
| 1940 | 3,747 | 23.3% | |
| 1950 | 5,142 | 37.2% | |
| 1960 | 8,232 | 60.1% | |
| 1970 | 15,365 | 86.6% | |
| 1980 | 27,664 | 80.0% | |
| 1990 | 37,598 | 35.9% | |
| 2000 | 70,187 | 86.7% | |
| 2010 | 91,611 | 30.5% | |
| 2020 | 106,447 | 16.2% | |
| 2022 (est.) | 107,299 | [5] | 0.8% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[59] 2020 Census[4] | |||
Hillsboro's population grew from 402 in 1880 to 2,016 by 1910, making it the county's most populated city, according to the 1910 census data.[60] By 1970, it had increased to more than 15,000, although neighboring Beaverton had overtaken it as the county's most populous city.[61] By 1990 there were more than 37,000 residents, and commuters raised this to 110,000 during daytime.[62][63] At the 2010 Census, the population was 91,611,[64] fifth in rank among the state's largest cities behind Portland, Eugene, Salem and Gresham and slightly ahead of Beaverton, which ranked sixth.[65] This figure was a 30.5% increase from Hillsboro's 70,186 residents in 2000, which made Hillsboro the fourth fastest-growing city in the state during the 2000s (decade), and the fastest-growing city in the Willamette Valley over the same period. In 2007, there were 17,126 houses lived in by their owners, with an average home price in the city of $246,900.[66] Bloomberg Businessweek listed the city as the fastest-growing in Oregon for the period between 1990 and 2010, for cities with populations over 10,000.[67][68]
2020 census edit
As of the 2020 census, there were 106,447 people, 40,891 households, and 25,874 families residing in the city.[69] The population density was about 4,415/sq mi (1,700/km2). There were 41,432 housing units at an average density of about 1,860/sq mi (700/km2).[70]
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 56,716 | 53.28% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 2,950 | 2.77% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 461 | 0.43% |
| Asian (NH) | 13,293 | 12.49% |
| Pacific Islander (NH) | 514 | 0.48% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 588 | 0.55% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 6,825 | 6.41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25,618 | 24.07% |
| Total | 106,447 | 100.00% |
Among the 40,891 households, about 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37% were non-families. About 26% of all households were made up of individuals, and about 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.21.[69]
The median age in the city was 34.8 years. About 20% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11% were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.[70]
2010 census edit
As of the 2010 census, there were 91,611 people, 33,289 households, and 22,440 families residing in the city. The population density was about 3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2). There were 35,487 housing units at an average density of about 1,500/sq mi (600/km2).
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 57,442 | 62.70% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 1,635 | 1.78% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 515 | 0.56% |
| Asian (NH) | 7,782 | 8.49% |
| Pacific Islander (NH) | 366 | 0.40% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 145 | 0.16% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 2,998 | 3.27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20,726 | 22.62% |
| Total | 91,611 | 100.00% |
Among the 33,289 households, about 38% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51% were married couples living together, 11% had a female householder with no husband present, 5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33% were non-families. About 24% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.24.
The median age in the city was 32 years. About 27% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 35% were from 25 to 44; 21% were from 45 to 64; and 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.
2000 census edit
As of the 2000 census, there were 25,079 households, of which about 38% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55% were married couples living together, 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32% were non-families. About 23% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.8 and the average family size was 3.3.
City residents included about 28% under the age of 18, 11% from 18 to 24, 37% from 25 to 44, 17% from 45 to 64, and 6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were about 106 males.
The median household income was about $52,000 and the median family income was $57,000. Males had a median income of $41,000 compared to $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was about $22,000. Approximately 6% of families and 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over. In 2007, 28% of people 25 and older held at least a bachelor's degree, while an additional 11% held an associate degree.[66] Those with less than a high school diploma made up 15% of the population, and 22% of residents had more than a high school diploma but less than a college degree.[66]
Crime edit
| Hillsboro | |
|---|---|
| Crime rates* (2022) | |
| Violent crimes | |
| Homicide | 4 |
| Rape | 65 |
| Robbery | 63 |
| Aggravated assault | 190 |
| Total violent crime | 322 |
| Property crimes | |
| Burglary | 279 |
| Larceny-theft | 2,113 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 336 |
| Arson | 35 |
| Total property crime | 2,763 |
Notes *Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population. 2022 population: 107,299 Source: 2022 FBI UCR Data | |
For the year 2011, the city had 180 violent crimes reported to law enforcement, and 2,154 reports of property crimes.[73] The violent crime rate was 157.2 per 100,000 people compared to a national average of 309.3[74] and 287 for Oregon.[75] Property crime nationally was 3,335[74] per 100,000 compared to 3,203 in Hillsboro, and 4,402 for the state.[75] Violent offenses include forcible rape, robbery, murder, non-negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault. Property crimes include arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, and burglary.[73] Statistics published by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission showed a slight downward trend in the Washington County crime rate between 1991 and 2005. The rate for index crimes, a group comprising the combined violent offenses and property crimes mentioned above, was 3,930 per 100,000 in 1991 and rose to 4,440 per 100,000 in 1997 before falling to 3,410 per 100,000 in 2005.[76]
Economy edit
Top employers edit
According to the City's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[77] the largest employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | Type of Business | # of Employees | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intel Corporation | Computer Electronics and Related Devices | 20,000 | 30.60% |
| 2 | Hillsboro School District | Education | 2,617 | 3.64% |
| 3 | Washington County | County Government | 2,306 | 3.21% |
| 4 | Nike | Administrative Offices | 1,832 | 2.55% |
| 5 | Tuality Healthcare and OHSU | Hospitals | 1,300 | 1.81% |
| 6 | City of Hillsboro | Local Government | 1,226 | 1.71% |
| 7 | Tokyo Electron America | Semiconductors and Related Devices | 1,200 | 1.67% |
| 8 | Amazon | Retail Delivery | 1,103 | 1.53% |
| 9 | Qorvo | Semiconductors and Related Devices | 1,085 | 1.51% |
| 10 | Kaiser Permanente | Medical | 1,064 | 1.48% |
| — | Total employers | — | 35,733 | 49.69% |
Manufacturing is the leading employment sector in Hillsboro, employing 24% of the workforce, followed by health care, education, and social services with a total of 15%.[66] One example of a manufacturer headquartered in Hillsboro is Beaverton Foods, a family-owned condiment manufacturer since 1929, with 70+ employees and $25 million in annual sales; it moved to its current headquarters in 2001.[78] Retail employment constitutes 12%, construction makes up 7%, and 13% of workers are employed in the administrative, scientific, professional, or waste management industries.[66] 68% of workers commute alone to the workplace, and 8% use public transportation.[66] The average one-way commute time is about 24 minutes.[66]
Many technology companies operate in Hillsboro, making it the center of Oregon's Silicon Forest.[79][80] In particular, Intel's[81] largest site is in Hillsboro, and includes three large campuses: Ronler Acres, Jones Farm, and Hawthorn Farm, along with several smaller campuses that employ about 16,000 workers.[82] Other high-tech companies operating facilities in Hillsboro include Synopsys, Epson,[83] Salesforce,[84] and Oracle's (formerly Sun Microsystems) High-End Operations. Hillsboro is the corporate headquarters for RadiSys and Planar Systems among others.[85]
In 2006, Genentech announced plans to locate a packaging and distribution facility on 100 acres (0.40 km2) in Hillsboro.[86] The $400 million facility opened in 2010, which Oregon officials hoped would eventually also be used for research and development for the biotechnology company.[87] Other biotech or medical companies based in Hillsboro include FEI Company and Acumed.[88]
The city is also a landing point on three fiber optic cable systems linking the United States across the Pacific Ocean: C2C, Southern Cross Cable, and VSNL Transpacific. These cable landings, lower energy costs, and tax breaks led to a boom of data centers being built starting about 2010.[89] Data centers include those for Adobe, NetApp, Umpqua Bank, OHSU, and Fortune Data Centers.[89]
Hillsboro serves as the corporate headquarters for Rodgers Instruments, Soloflex, Norm Thompson Outfitters, and Parr Lumber, among others. Fujitsu and NEC Corporation formerly had factories in Hillsboro.[90] Hillsboro is also home to the Laika stop-motion animation studio, creator of the Oscar-nominated feature films Coraline (2009) and Paranorman (2012).[91] In addition, Erickson Aero Tanker, an aviation company which operates McDonnell Douglas MD-87 jetliners converted for use as aerial firefighting air tankers, is based in Hillsboro.[92]
The Hatfield Government Center in Hillsboro is the western terminus of the MAX Blue Line, part of the Portland metropolitan area's light-rail system.[93] The presence of MAX prompted the development of the pedestrian-oriented community of Orenco Station within Hillsboro.[94][95] (See also: Orenco, Oregon.)
Hillsboro's primary commercial cores are concentrated along Tualatin Valley Highway and Cornell Road. Additionally, the Tanasbourne neighborhood is a regional shopping area on the eastern edge of the city.[96] The neighborhood is home to the lifestyle shopping center The Streets of Tanasbourne.[97] The $55 million outdoor complex with 368,000 sq ft (34,200 m2) of retail space opened in 2004 with Meier & Frank (later Macy's) as the anchor tenant.[96][97]
The other large shopping center in the city is The Sunset Esplanade, located along Tualatin Valley Highway.[98] In November 2005, the world's largest Costco, a warehouse club store, opened in Hillsboro.[99] The store, with 205,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) of floor space, is about 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) bigger than the average Costco.[100]
Arts and culture edit
Within the city are two commercial movie theaters with a total of 29 screens. Until its closure in 2017,[101] one historic theater had also remained in operation: the Venetian Theatre, which had re-opened at the site of the old Town Theater in 2008.[102] The Oregon Chorale (a 60-person symphonic choir),[103] a men's barbershop chorus,[104] the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra, and the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre are also located in Hillsboro.[105] The orchestra was founded in 2001 under the direction of Stefan Minde.[106] In 2004, the city opened the Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center in a remodeled church in downtown.[85] The center provides space for galleries and performances, as well as classrooms for art instruction.[85] The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is located on the northern edge of the city.[107] The Five Oaks Museum (at the time Washington County Museum) was located in downtown Hillsboro from 2012 to 2017, and later moved back to its previous location, at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College, just northeast of Hillsboro.[108]
Hillsboro's annual Fourth of July Parade is the second-largest Independence Day parade in Oregon.[109][110] The Oregon International Air Show, Oregon's largest air show, is held each year during the summer at the Hillsboro Airport.[66] Each summer the city offers a free concert series at Shute Park (Showtime at Shute),[111] while the Washington County Fair is held annually at the Westside Commons (county fairgrounds) adjacent to the airport.[112] The name Westside Commons is a 2019 renaming of the Washington County Fairgrounds (also known as Fair Complex).[113] A new 89,000 sq ft (8,300 m2)[114] conference center and exhibition hall, known as the Wingspan Event & Conference Center,[113] opened at the Commons in August 2020,[115] replacing buildings demolished in 2018.
Hillsboro operates two library branches. Opened in 2007 after a smaller location was closed, the 38,000 sq ft (3,500 m2) main branch is located in the north-central section of the city.[116] The older, smaller second branch is in Shute Park in the southwest area of the city. The Hillsboro libraries are part of Washington County Cooperative Library Services, which allows residents to use other libraries in the county and includes interlibrary loans.[117]
Registered Historic Places edit
Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in and around Hillsboro include the Old Scotch Church, completed in 1876 north of the city.[118] Near the Orenco neighborhood is Imbrie Farm, which includes a house built in 1866 and the Frank Imbrie Barn, both of which McMenamins converted for use as a brewpub.[118][119] Built in 1935, the Harold Wass Ray House is near Intel's Hawthorn Farm campus.[118] Historic properties in downtown include the Zula Linklater House (completed 1923), Rice–Gates House (1890), Edward Schulmerich House (c. 1915), and Charles Shorey House (c. 1908).[118] The Richard and Helen Rice House is adjacent to the Sunset Highway on the north side of the city and houses the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals.[118] The Old Washington County Jail had been at the Washington County Fairgrounds (now known as the Westside Commons) in the city,[118] but was restored and moved to the Five Oaks Museum outside the city in 2004, and was de-listed from the NRHP in 2008.[120][121] In 2007, the Manning–Kamna Farm was added to the NRHP and includes 10 buildings, dating to as early as 1883.[122] The Malcolm McDonald House in Orenco was added to the Registry in 2015.[123]
Landmarks edit
Landmarks in Hillsboro include the Washington County Courthouse, the seat of county government.[124] Along the western edge of the city is Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery, established in 1870, which serves as the final resting place of city pioneers and politicians.[125] Next to the airport is the Westside Commons (known as the Washington County Fairgrounds, or Fair Complex, until 2019), home to the annual county fair.[126] Located at Shute Park was the 25 ft (7.6 m) tall wood sculpture Chief Kno-Tah, donated to Hillsboro and dedicated in 1987 as part of Peter Wolf Toth's Trail of the Whispering Giants.[127][128][129][130] Due to storm damage, it was removed in 2017.[131]
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- Morgan and Bailey Building
- Hill Theatre, now an antique mall
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Sports edit
The city has two professional sports teams, the Portland Timbers 2 (T2) of MLS Next Pro who began play at Hillsboro Stadium in 2020 and the Hillsboro Hops of the Northwest League, a Minor League Baseball club affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The baseball team relocated from Yakima, Washington, in 2012 and began play as the Hops on June 14, 2013, with its inaugural home game at the new Ron Tonkin Field on June 17.[132]
Parks and recreation edit
Hillsboro's Department of Parks and Recreation operates more than 20 facilities, including the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex which includes Hillsboro Stadium and Ron Tonkin Field. There are 23 parks, two sports complexes, the Walters Cultural Arts Center, the Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center, and three other mixed-use facilities.[133] The city also owns the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve along the Tualatin River on the south side of the community.[134]
Government edit
Hillsboro operates under a council–manager form of city government. Voters elect six at-large councilors and a mayor, who each serve four-year terms, subject to a charter-imposed limitation of two consecutive terms.[135] The mayor and council appoint a city manager to conduct the ordinary business of the city. Policy decisions are the responsibility of the council and mayor. Administrative functions are carried out by the manager and manager-appointed staff.[136] Government functions are centered at the Hillsboro Civic Center, which houses the office of the city manager and is the location of the twice-monthly city council meetings.[135] As of 2021, Steve Callaway was the mayor; Beach Pace, Rick Van Beveren, Kyle Allen, Anthony Martin, Olivia Alcaire, and Gina Roletto were the city councilors.[137] Robby Hammond serves as the city's manager.[138]
At the federal level, Hillsboro lies in Oregon's 1st congressional district, represented by Suzanne Bonamici.[139] In the State Senate, Hillsboro is in District 15, represented by Chuck Riley, District 13, represented by Kim Thatcher,[140] and District 12 represented by Brian Boquist.[141] In the House, Districts 24 (Ron Noble), 26 (Courtney Neron), 29 (Susan McClain) and 30 (Janeen Sollman) cover the city.[142] Parts of county commissioner districts 1 (Nafisa Fai), 2 (Pam Treece), and 4 (Jerry Willey) overlap the city.[143][144] In addition, Hillsboro lies within District 4 (Juan Carlos González) and District 3 (Gerritt Rosenthal) of the Metro regional government.[145]
Education edit
Public schools in Hillsboro are operated by the Hillsboro School District (1J). The district is a unified school district with twenty-three elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools.[66] The district also operates the Miller Education Center, an alternative school, the Hare Field athletic complex, and City View Charter School.[146] The school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls, Reedville, North Plains, West Union, and other surrounding communities.[66] Total enrollment as of the 2022–23 school year was 18,872 students, making it the fourth-largest district in the state (behind Portland, Salem-Keizer, and Beaverton).[147] The four traditional public high schools are, in order of creation:
| Name | Current campus | Enrollment (2022–23)[148] | Nickname |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro High School | 1969 | 1,322 | Spartans |
| Glencoe High School | 1980 | 1,452 | Crimson Tide |
| Century High School | 1997 | 1,533 | Jaguars |
| Liberty High School | 2003 | 1,483 | Falcons |
Post-secondary educational opportunities include the west campus of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)[149] while Pacific University operates a satellite Health Professions Campus in downtown adjacent to Tuality Community Hospital.[66] The OHSU site was formerly that of the Oregon Graduate Institute (later OGI School of Science and Engineering) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center portions of OHSU. Other educational opportunities are available at the Work Force Training Center (Portland Community College) and a branch of the University of Phoenix. Hillsboro is home to private primary and secondary schools including Faith Bible High School, St. Matthew Catholic School, Tualatin Valley Academy, and Renaissance Alternative School, among others.[150]
Media edit
The weekly Hillsboro Tribune, launched in 2012, was based in Hillsboro. It was replaced in 2019 by a Hillsboro edition of the News-Times, a weekly newspaper owned by the same company and based in nearby Forest Grove.[151] Historically, the city's longtime newspaper of record was the weekly Hillsboro Argus newspaper (published twice-weekly from 1953 to 2015).[152] It was published in Hillsboro for more than 120 years until its discontinuation in 2017.[153]
The city is also served by Portland-based media outlets, including The Oregonian, Willamette Week, and all broadcast stations.[62] Local FM radio station KQRZ-LP airing Oldies on 100.7 MHz is licensed by the FCC to Hillsboro and is simulcast on 96.7 MHz KICN-LP. AM radio station KUIK was based in Hillsboro until sold in 2018. KUIK was a 5,000-watt station broadcasting at the 1360 frequency.
Infrastructure edit
Transportation edit
Public transportation is available by bus and light rail, managed by regional transit agency TriMet.[66] The first MAX Light Rail line, now known as the Blue Line, was extended to serve Hillsboro on September 12, 1998.[154] The western terminus is located downtown. The Willow Creek and Hillsboro transit centers (TC) are the main hubs of the public transit system, although seven other MAX stations provide varying degrees of bus interconnection. MAX stations (west to east) are the Hatfield Government Center, Hillsboro Central TC, Tuality Hospital, Washington/Southeast 12th Avenue, Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport, Hawthorn Farm, Orenco, Quatama, and Willow Creek TC. Located next to the Tuality Hospital station is the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility, which opened in 2010 and was jointly paid for by the hospital, Pacific University, and the city.[155] The facility is primarily a parking garage, but includes lockers and showers for bicyclists along with electric vehicle charging stations.[156]
Freight rail service from Portland and Western Railroad with interconnections to the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad both serve Hillsboro.[157] The city is not served by passenger rail service over a heavy-rail line.[62] Air travel is available at the Hillsboro Airport in the center of the city and at Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark, a general aviation field south of the city. The Hillsboro Airport is a general aviation airport operated by the Port of Portland, and is the second-busiest airport in the state after Portland International Airport.[158] The airport mainly serves private pilots and corporate flights, with no scheduled airline flights from its two runways, but does have an on-call customs service.[62][159]
Oregon Route 8, known locally as the Tualatin Valley Highway (TV Highway), is the primary east–west highway.[82] U.S. Route 26, also known as the Sunset Highway, bisects the northeast corner of the city. Other major east–west roads are Cornell Road and Main Street (formerly Baseline Road).[62] Major north–south routes are Oregon Route 219 / 1st Avenue, 10th Avenue, Cornelius Pass Road, and Brookwood.[62] The easternmost north–south route, 185th Avenue, borders Beaverton and runs between the Tanasbourne Town Center and the rest of Hillsboro. TV Highway connects to Cornelius and Forest Grove to the west and Beaverton to the east.
Services edit
Hillsboro operates its own library system, fire department, parks department, water system, police department,[62] and municipal internet service. The Hillsboro Fire Department has five stations, and the Hillsboro Police Department operates two standard precincts and a mobile precinct.[62][160][161] Wastewater treatment is provided through the county-wide Clean Water Services. The city's municipal internet service, HiLight, was initially launched in 2020 and expects to cover all households by 2027.[162][163]
Health care edit
Hospital services in the city are provided by Hillsboro Medical Center (formerly Tuality Community Hospital) in the downtown area of the city.[66] Opened in 1918 as the city's first hospital,[164] the 167-bed facility is operated by Tuality Healthcare. Other significant medical facilities include Kaiser Permanente's Sunset Medical Office and Providence Health & Services' immediate care center, both in the Tanasbourne neighborhood. Kaiser Permanente also opened the Kaiser Westside Medical Center, a 126-bed hospital in 2013, next to its Sunset Medical Office.[165] The Department of Veterans Affairs opened a medical clinic in the Tanasbourne area in 2008.[166]
Notable people edit
For more than 150 years, the city has had residents as varied as David Hill, the city's founder, to Tiffeny Milbrett, an Olympic and World Cup champion soccer player.[167] Sydney Collins is a player for the Canada national soccer team.[168] Two governors of Oregon, James Withycombe and Paul L. Patterson, have called the city home.[169] Other politicians included Congressmen Thomas H. Tongue and Samuel Thurston; mayors William N. Barrett, Benjamin P. Cornelius, and William D. Hare, patriarch of the Hare political family.[125] Athletes include Erik Ainge, Scott Brosius, Colt Lyerla, Ad Rutschman, Wes Schulmerich, Wally Backman, and Olympic medalists Josh Inman, Thomas Garrigus, and Jean Saubert. Hillsboro has also been home to Peggy Y. Fowler, the former chief executive officer of Portland General Electric, producer Bryce Zabel, the "Mother Queen of Oregon" Mary Ramsey Wood, Tommy Overstreet, musician Esperanza Spalding and professional wrestler Roddy Piper.[170]
Sister city edit
Hillsboro's only sister city relationship is with Fukuroi,[171] a city of about 85,000 residents in the Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The cities, which have similar economic bases in agriculture and high technology, began their relationship in November 1988.[172] The relationship has included exchanges of students between schools in each city.[173] In the late 2000s, Hillsboro unsuccessfully explored finding a sister city in Mexico[174] and also neglected the relationship with Fukuroi.[175] However, in 2008, a Fukuroi contingent of adults visited Hillsboro to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sister City agreement.[176]
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External links edit
- "Hillsboro". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
- City of Hillsboro, OR, official website
- Hillsboro Historical Society
- Map (PDF) – Oregon Department of Transportation