Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Aloha, OR

Aloha is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, about 10.9 miles west of downtown Portland, and it has never been incorporated as a city.

At the 2020 census Aloha had a population of 53,828, with 18,547 households and a median age of 35.8 years.

The community was first called Wheeler, after early inhabitant Ira Wheeler, whose subdivision was platted in 1893, and trains began stopping there in 1907 before the post office opened under the name Aloha on January 9, 1912.

The origin of the name Aloha is disputed, with one account crediting railroad worker Robert Caples and another saying first postmaster Julius Buck named it Aloah after a small resort on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, with the last two letters transposed by the Post Office during the application process.

Beginning in 1907, much of the area followed the layout of the Beaverton-Reedville Acreage, a large suburban development by the Shaw-Fear Company.

Southern Pacific Red Electric intercity trains served Aloha from 1908 to 1929.

Intel opened its Aloha plant in 1976, its first plant outside California, and its Fabrication Facility No. 4, opened in 1979, closed in 1996 and was demolished in 2016.

Aloha attempted to incorporate in 1984, but the regional boundary commission halted the effort after determining the community could not provide the needed municipal services of a city.

Aloha High School opened in 1970 as the Beaverton School District's third high school, and the community is served by both the Beaverton and Hillsboro school districts.

The Aloha-Huber parks district merged into the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District in 1975, which opened the Aloha Swim Center on the Aloha High School campus in October 1977.