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Bethany is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area, north of U.S. Route 26 and near Beaverton, about four miles northwest of Cedar Mill.

The 2020 census counted 31,350 residents in Bethany, up from 20,646 in 2010, with 10,719 households.

Bethany grew rapidly between 2010 and 2020, adding more than 10,000 residents in a single decade.

The area was first settled by Ulrich Gerber, an immigrant from Switzerland, in the mid-1870s, and Gerber helped establish the first post office in 1878 and suggested the community's name, the Hebrew name of a place near Jerusalem.

The name Bethany was first applied to a crossroads trading center about two miles northeast of the current location.

Bethany's first post office was discontinued in 1904.

The 2020 census recorded 11,159 housing units in Bethany, 3.9 percent of them vacant, and a median age of 36.9 years, with 30.0 percent of residents under the age of 18.

Bethany's 2020 racial composition was 44.4 percent Asian, 41.8 percent White, 8.7 percent two or more races, and 7.1 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The Cedar Mill Community Library at Bethany opened in July 2007 as a branch of the Cedar Mill Community Library, which has been run by a nonprofit since 1976.

Bethany is served by ZIP code 97229.