Washington County, Oregon

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 8 Washington County towns.

The largest by population is Portland (652,503).

About these towns

Banks: It is the southern anchor to the Banks–Vernonia State Trail, which is a 21-mile-long (34 km) linear trail popular with bicyclists, hikers, and equestrians.

Beaverton: The area of Tualatin Valley that became Beaverton was originally the home of a Native American tribe known as the Atfalati, which settlers mispronounced as Tualatin.

Cornelius: In 1845, Benjamin Cornelius immigrated to Oregon with his family, traveling with Joseph Meek. The Cornelius family settled on the Tualatin Plains, near what is now North Plains.

Forest Grove: Prior to the 1840s when Euro-Americans settled the area, the Atfalati band of the Kalapuya Native American tribe lived on the Tualatin Plains in what is now Forest Grove.

Hillsboro: 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.

North Plains: The area to be known as the city of North Plains was platted in September 1910 by the Ruth Trust Company of Portland.

Portland: During the prehistoric period, the land that would become Portland was flooded after the collapse of glacial dams from Lake Missoula, in what would later become Montana.

Sherwood: The name "Sherwood" came either after Sherwood Forest in England or Sherwood, Michigan In 1885, the Smocks gave a right-of-way on their property to the Portland and Willamette Valley Railway.

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Founding years, populations and town notes come from each town's Wikipedia and Wikidata entries. All Oregon towns.