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Hillsboro is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. 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.
Mar 2, 2022 · Hillsboro, the seat of Washington County, is in the Tualatin River Basin west of Portland. The earliest people in the area were Atfalati, who gathered at Chatakuin—today’s Five Oaks—to settle disputes, arrange transactions, and carry out community affairs.
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Hillsboro, city, seat (1850) of Washington county, northwestern Oregon, U.S., adjacent to the Tualatin River. Settled in 1841, it was laid out by David Hill in 1842, called Columbia, and later renamed (by court order) for its founder.
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Hillsboro (/ˈhɪlzbəroʊ/ HILZ-burr-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. 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 Fore
Hillsboro is a city in the Portland Metropolitan Area in Oregon. It contains several districts such as hip and trendy Orenco in all of its high-density glory, along with more rural South Hillsboro, although the mayor's building program is building up this area into subdivisions as of 2022.
Hillsboro has a rich and interesting history, starting with the Native American Indians that once inhabited the area to the arrival of Europeans and Americans in the 1830's to the settlement and growth of Hillsboro to what it is today.
People from Hillsboro, Oregon. For people who were born in or spent significant time in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Hillsboro, Oregon.
