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35-841: Located in the Tualatin Valley , the Tualatin Plains are drained by the Tualatin River . They are bounded on the north and east by the foothills of Tualatin Mountains , and to the south by the foothills of the Chehalem Mountains . On the west the foothills of the Northern Oregon Coast Range define their limit. Native Americans were the first inhabitants the area, subsisting as a hunter-gather society. The Atfalati band, like many of

70-427: A female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.4% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.12. The median age in the city was 34.6 years. 26.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between

105-481: A household in the city was $ 55,762, and the median income for a family was $ 68,165. Males had a median income of $ 47,004 versus $ 32,210 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 26,694. About 3.0% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. According to the United States Census Bureau ,

140-466: A partial skeleton of a Harlan's Ground Sloth ( Paramylodon harlani ). As of the 2020 census , there were 27,942 people and 10,909 households in the city. As of the 2010 census , there were 26,054 people, 10,000 households, and 6,762 families living in the city. The population density was 3,169.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,223.8/km ). There were 10,528 housing units at an average density of 1,280.8 per square mile (494.5/km ). The racial makeup of

175-477: A small portion of their boundaries and contain among the highest concentrations of Laurelwood soils in the state. The valley is traversed by the Tualatin River and is bordered on the north and east by the Tualatin Mountains , a spur of the Northern Oregon Coast Range . The latter range also comprises the valley's western border. To the south lie the Chehalem Mountains , separating the region from

210-801: A suburban growth patterns that interspersed with remaining areas of orchards and farm fields. Most of the communities in the valley are served by TriMet , the Portland-area mass transit agency. In 1998, the MAX Light Rail system was extended from Portland into the valley as far as Hillsboro. Tualatin Valley sits at the northwestern edge of the Willamette Valley , known for its production of wine, especially Pinot noir . Established in 1970 in Tualatin Valley, Ponzi Vineyards

245-576: Is a city located primarily in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon . A small portion of the city is also located in neighboring Clackamas County . It is a southwestern suburb in the Portland Metropolitan Area that is located south of Tigard . The population was 27,942 at the 2020 census . The name of the city is taken from the Tualatin River , which flows along most of the city's northern boundary. It

280-408: Is also located on Bull Mountain, splits students between Hazelbrook or Twality Middle School. The students of Twality also split between the two high schools in this scenario. The Portland Japanese School , a weekend Japanese educational program for Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans , holds its classes at Hazelbrook Middle School at Tualatin. The school began holding its classes there after

315-568: Is formed by the meandering Tualatin River , a tributary of the Willamette River at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley , east of the Northern Oregon Coast Range . Most of the valley is located within Washington County , separated from Portland by the Tualatin Mountains . Communities in the Tualatin Valley include Banks , Forest Grove , Cornelius , Hillsboro , Aloha , Beaverton , Sherwood , Tigard , and Tualatin . In

350-540: Is headquartered in Tualatin, although manufacturing is done in Japan. Oregon Scientific , a manufacturer of consumer electronics products, is headquartered in Tualatin. From the 1960s through the 1980s, Tualatin was the home of Sunn Musical Equipment Company , a manufacturer of musical and sound reinforcement equipment. Tualatin has been used as a filming location for Hollywood movies, including Thumbsucker , which

385-657: Is located in Tualatin. The city of Tualatin falls incompletely under the jurisdiction of the Tigard-Tualatin School District . This district contains 10 elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools. Of these, five are actually located within Tualatin city limits: Bridgeport Elementary School, Byrom Elementary School, Tualatin Elementary School, Hazelbrook Middle School, and Tualatin High School . A small section of

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420-457: Is probably a Native American word meaning "lazy" or "sluggish" but possibly meaning "treeless plain" for the plain near the river or "forked" for its many tributaries. According to Oregon Geographic Names , a post office with the spelling "Tualitin" was established November 5, 1869, and the spelling changed to "Tualatin" in 1915. In the 1850s, the settlement was first called Galbreath after its founder Samuel Galbreath. In 1853, Galbreath built

455-598: Is the third major retail project to be developed by CenterCal Properties in Tualatin. Following the construction of Bridgeport Village and Nyberg Woods, Nyberg Rivers contains approximately 300,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, fitness, and entertainment space. There are many factories on the south side of town, including a large Lam Research plant that makes electrochemical deposition tools for manufacturing semiconductors . Knife manufacturers CRKT and KAI USA, which owns Kershaw and Zero Tolerance Knives, as well as Shun Cutlery are located in Tualatin. Al Mar Knives

490-638: The Tualatin Valley Highway (the descendant of the old plank road), form a suburban corridor stretching west of Beaverton. Beaverton is famous as the location of the Nike, Inc. campus, the company's world-wide headquarters. Nike, along with Intel in Hillsboro, provide a large base of employment in the valley. Much of the valley is now within the Portland urban growth boundary , resulting in

525-476: The Tualatin Hills connecting Portland with Beaverton. The road was completed in 1860 after financial setbacks. According to Oregon historian Stewart Holbrook , the building of the plank road was the decisive event that allowed Portland to surpass its rival Oregon City for supremacy as the economic hub of the territory. The railroad was extended into the valley in 1868. The growth of agriculture in

560-475: The ages of 18 and 24; 31% were from 25 to 44; 26.8% were from 45 to 64; and 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 22,791 people, 8,651 households, and 5,804 families living in the city. The population density was 2,928.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,130.7/km ). There were 9,218 housing units at an average density of 1,184.4 per square mile (457.3/km ). The racial makeup of

595-452: The city has a total area of 8.23 square miles (21.32 km ), of which 8.22 square miles (21.29 km ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ) is water. Tualatin is home to a majority of Bridgeport Village ("Bridgeport"), an upscale shopping area that opened in early 2005. (The northern part of Bridgeport Village is in Tigard .) Built at the site of a former quarry , Bridgeport

630-547: The city is part of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District . Those students usually go to the same elementary, middle, and high schools: Stafford Primary, Athey Creek Middle School, and Wilsonville High School, respectively. Alberta Rider Elementary School on nearby Bull Mountain feeds into Twality Middle School. Students from Twality then split into either Tualatin or Tigard High School depending on zoning. Deer Creek Elementary School, which

665-399: The city was 80.4% White , 1.2% African American , 0.7% Native American , 3.5% Asian , 1.0% Pacific Islander , 8.9% from other races , and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 17.3% of the population. There were 10,000 households, of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had

700-557: The city was 86.89% White, 0.79% African American, 0.69% Native American, 3.62% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 4.84% from other races, and 2.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 11.85% of the population. There were 8,651 households, out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who

735-575: The early 19th century, the valley was inhabited by the Atfalati , a hunter-gatherer Kalapuyan band that spoke a dialect of Northern Kalapuyan . In the middle 19th century, the Atfalati lived in several villages in the valley, including Chakeipi ("Place of the Beaver", translated by early white settlers as "Beaver Dam"). Early Euro-American settlers called the valley the "Twality Plains", a corruption of

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770-708: The east plains, naming the settlement Columbus, which would eventually become Hillsboro. In 1844, some of these early pioneers established a church at West Union , the first Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains . When the Provisional Government of Oregon formed in 1843, the Plains were part of the Twality District that was composed of the northwest section of the region, including what would become Portland . After Clatsop County

805-611: The first bridge over the Tualatin river, and the town became known as Bridgeport . In the 1880s, John Sweek platted a town around the new railroad depot, and named the town Tualatin . It was incorporated as the City of Tualatin in 1913. In 1962, a fossilized Mastodon ( Mammut americanum) was excavated in what later became a Fred Meyer parking lot. It is on display in the lobby of Tualatin Public Library. In 1972 fossils were uncovered near Fanno Creek that were determined to be

840-711: The first grist mill in the valley. In 1849 Thomas Hicklin Denney and his wife Berrilla built the first sawmill in the Beaverton area, leading to a later boom in the timber industry . The lack of roads connecting the upper valley to the Willamette River quickly became a hindrance to early settlers. In 1850, the Oregon Territory created the Portland & Valley Plank Road Company to build a road through

875-506: The fur trade settled on the north section of the plains. These included George W. Ebbert , Joseph Meek , and Caleb Wilkins among others. Congregational minister Harvey L. Clark started a missionary school in 1841 just north of East Tualatin Plains, now Hillsboro . The school was soon moved to West Tualatin Plains (now Forest Grove) where in 1847 Clark was joined by Tabitha Moffatt Brown , the Mother of Oregon. In 1842, David Hill settled on

910-628: The landscape. Communities such as North Plains , Beaverton , Reedville , and Cornelius would join Forest Grove and Hillsboro on the Tualatin Plains. In the 1950s growth of an electronics industry focused on Tektronix would create the foundation for what is known as the Silicon Forest . Tualatin Valley The Tualatin Valley is a farming and suburban region southwest of Portland , Oregon . The valley

945-501: The main Willamette Valley . The Tualatin River flows mainly from the west to the east and leaves the valley in the southeast at West Linn in Clackamas County. Tualatin Valley's geographical center is located southeast of Hillsboro, and the general elevation of the valley is 180 feet (55 m) above sea-level . Tualatin, Oregon Tualatin ( / t u ˈ ɔː l ə t ɪ n / too- AW -lə-tin )

980-601: The name of the Atfalati tribe. Other early variations included Falatin, Nefalatine, Twalaity, and Quality, with each roughly translated as slow river to describe the Tualatin River, or may translate as land without trees. The valley was one of the earliest settled farming regions in Oregon, as settlers began arriving in 1840. In the spring of 1847, Lawrence Hall filed the first land claim, comprising 640 acres (2.6 km ), at Beaver Dam (later Beaverton) and constructed

1015-586: The tribes in the Willamette Valley , would burn the flat lands of the valley to promote the growth of grasslands. This annual activity promoted easier hunting and seed gathering among other benefits. It also kept much of the land on the valley floor un-forested. By the 1830s diseases decimated the native populations in the region, including the Tualatin Plains. In the 1830s the Hudson's Bay Company used some of these fire‐cleared areas to raise crops for use at Fort Vancouver and in trade. In 1840, former mountain men of

1050-709: The valley was eventually limited in the middle 20th century by the need for irrigation . In 1966, the United States Bureau of Reclamation built the Tualatin Project, bringing additional water to many parts of the valley in the last federal reclamation project in the Pacific Northwest . In the second half of the 20th century the valley became increasingly suburbanized and now forms a distinct cultural area that rivals Portland itself in political and economic influence. The communities along

1085-448: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.17. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males. The median income for

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1120-625: Was among the first Oregon wineries to produce estate-grown Pinot Noir. Its 130 acres of family-owned vineyards are LIVE Certified Sustainable and it is one of the largest wineries in Oregon. As of June 3, 2020, Ponzi Vineyards is located within the Laurelwood District AVA which was approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The Tualatin Hills AVA was also approved at the same time in 2020. The two AVAs share

1155-411: Was designed to be reminiscent of an open-air European-style shopping experience. It features an 18-screen movie theater, several national and regional chain restaurants, and many chain retail stores. Tualatin is also home to Nyberg Woods, a neighborhood and lifestyle center located at the conjunction of Interstate 5 and Nyberg road. Tualatin also harbors Nyberg Rivers, which opened in the fall of 2014 and

1190-457: Was drawn from it, the remainder became Twality County in 1845, and Washington County in 1849. At that time Portland was still part of the county, and agricultural goods from the Plains were transported there to be sold. This led to the building of a plank road between the Plains and Portland, known as Canyon Road , which helped to secure Portland as the main port for Oregon. Later years saw increased settlement and eventual urbanization over much of

1225-954: Was filmed at Tualatin High School. Tualatin is within the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), the Portland metropolitan area 's primary transit agency. TriMet service includes WES Commuter Rail , at Tualatin Station , and bus lines 36, 37, 38, 76, 96, and 97. Wilsonville -based South Metro Area Regional Transit 's route 2X has a stop in Tualatin, at TriMet's Tualatin Park & Ride lot. Despite being served by TriMet, Ride Connection also operates several fixed-route services within Tualatin. Fire protection and emergency medical services are provided through Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue . Legacy Meridian Park Hospital

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