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Portland Metro Chamber is the chamber of commerce for Portland, Oregon, United States. The organization was established as the Portland Trade Board in 1870, and was later known as the Portland Metropolitan Chamber (until 2001), and the Portland Business Alliance. [1] [2] Andrew Hoan is the chief executive officer. [3]
Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The 2020 census recorded the population as 600,372, [ 1 ] making it the second most populous county in the state and the most populous " Washington County " in the United States.
Washington County was created as Twality District on July 5, 1843, as part of the Champoeg Meetings that created the Provisional Government of Oregon. [2] The county became Washington County by an act of the Territorial Legislature in 1849, and in 1850 the community that would become Hillsboro was selected as the county seat.
Originally, the area was part of what became Yamhill County, but was transferred to the current Clackamas County in 1855. [6] The first post office was established in 1876 with the name Boones Ferry. [6] Wilsonville became the name of the community on June 3, 1880, [7] named after the first postmaster, Charles Wilson. [8]
The U.S. Postal Department began sending mail to the Town of Sherwood, Oregon, on July 5, 1891. Smock was the first postmaster. The Town of Sherwood was incorporated under Oregon Senate Bill 36 in 1893. [10] [11] The main industry in the 1890s was a pressed brick yard which closed in 1896, a victim of the financial recession of 1893. [12]
Tualatin (/ t u ˈ ɔː l ə t ɪ n / ⓘ too-AW-lə-tin) 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 ...
North Plains is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, off U.S. 26 on the northwest outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area. The population was 3,441 at the 2020 census . History
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