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Hillsboro (/ ˈ h ɪ l z b ər oʊ / ⓘ 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.
Washington/Southeast 12th Avenue is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon. Hillsboro's West Precinct is near the station. Opened in 1998, it is the 17th stop westbound on the Westside MAX, and the last eastbound stop prior to crossing the Main Street Bridge. This is the last stop westbound to be on a grade-separated ...
Cornelius Pass at Baseline Road in 2009. Cornelius Pass Road begins at a three-way intersection with Southeast Deline Street in southern Hillsboro.It travels north across the bridge over Butternut Creek and Reed's Crossing towards a set of railroad tracks that are owned by Portland and Western Railroad and intersects OR 8 (concurrent with Tualatin Valley Highway) before continuing into ...
The development of a large electronics industry during the 1980s and 1990s is the dominating factor of the county economy, and contributing to the creation of Oregon's Silicon Forest. California-based Intel, Oregon's largest private-sector employer, [25] has its largest concentration of employees in the county, mainly in Hillsboro. [26]
A TriMet battery-electric bus on line 62 on Cornell Road in Cedar Mill, 2019. The main TriMet bus line along Cornell Road is number 48-Cornell. Serving communities on the western side of the West Hills, it has stops between Northwest Cedar Hills Boulevard/Northwest 113th Avenue (opposite sides of the same intersection), in Cedar Mill, and Cornell Road's western terminus in Hillsboro. [10]
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
Oregon Route 219 (also known as part of the Hillsboro-Silverton Highway No. 140 (see Oregon highways and routes)) is an Oregon state highway which runs between the cities of Hillsboro and Woodburn, Oregon, in the United States. The Hillsboro-Silverton Highway continues further south to Silverton, signed as OR 214.
The town of Orenco was named after the company, with OREgon Nursery COmpany becoming ORENCO. [1] After the company closed, the town disincorporated in 1938. [2] In 1993, construction on TriMet’s extension to its MAX Light Rail system began, and planning for new high-density neighborhoods along the line continued, including plans for Orenco Station. [3]