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Tualatin is a city in Washington County, Oregon, with a small portion extending into Clackamas County, in the Portland metropolitan area.

The 2020 census counted 27,942 residents and 10,835 households in Tualatin.

The city takes its name from the Tualatin River, which runs along its northern boundary; the Native word is thought to mean "lazy" or "sluggish," and possibly "treeless plain" or "forked."

Settlement in the 1850s was first called Galbreath after founder Samuel Galbreath, and after he built the first bridge over the Tualatin River in 1853 it became known as Bridgeport.

In the 1880s John Sweek platted a town around the new railroad depot and named it Tualatin, and the city was incorporated in 1913.

The post office was spelled "Tualitin" from November 5, 1869, until the spelling was changed to "Tualatin" in 1915.

A fossilized mastodon excavated in 1962 is on display in the lobby of the Tualatin Public Library.

Bridgeport Village, an upscale shopping center that opened in early 2005, straddles the Tualatin-Tigard line in the northern part of the city.

Tualatin has hosted the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta, a race in hollowed-out giant pumpkins, every year since 2004.

The city is home to the Lam Research plant and is the headquarters of knife makers CRKT and KAI USA (Kershaw) and of Oregon Scientific.