Biohazard Cleanup Near Glencoe Hillsboro, OR

Hillsboro is a city in Washington County, Oregon, and serves as the county seat, sitting in the Tualatin Valley about 17 miles west of Portland.

The community was founded by David Hill, Isaiah Kelsey, and Richard Williams, who arrived in the Tualatin Valley in 1841, and it was first called East Tualatin Plains and Columbia before being named Hillsborough in February 1850 in honor of Hill.

Hillsboro was incorporated as a town on October 19, 1876, by the Oregon Legislature, and it adopted a council-manager government in 1923.

At the 2020 census Hillsboro had a population of 106,447, making it the fifth-most populous city in Oregon, with 40,328 households.

Growth was slow at first, reaching only about 2,000 people by 1910 and about 5,000 by 1950, before high-technology companies arrived in the 1980s.

Hillsboro is the heart of Oregon's Silicon Forest, hosting Intel's largest and most comprehensive site in the world for research and manufacturing, including the Ronler Acres campus.

The Tualatin River forms part of the city's southern boundary, and Dairy Creek, McKay Creek, Rock Creek, Dawson Creek, and Turner Creek also run through the city.

The city operates more than twenty parks and the mixed-use Hillsboro Stadium, and ten sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

TriMet's MAX light rail line reached Hillsboro in 1998, and the city is also served by the Hillsboro Airport for general aviation.

Pacific University's Health Professions Campus is located in Hillsboro.