Beaverton (Oregon)

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Beaverton
City Park in Beaverton
City Park in Beaverton
Location in Oregon
Washington County Oregon Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Beaverton Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1893
State : United States
State : Oregon
County : Washington County
Coordinates : 45 ° 29 ′  N , 122 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′  N , 122 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
97,590 (as of 2016)
Portland
Population density : 2,307.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 42.3 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of
which 42.3 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 57.6 m
Postcodes : 97005-97076
FIPS : 41-05350
GNIS ID : 1637830
Website : www.beavertonoregon.gov
Mayor : Denny Doyle

Beaverton is a city in Washington County in the US state of Oregon . In 2016 the city had about 98,000 inhabitants (US Census Bureau estimate).

location

The city is about 6 miles west of central Portland . Oregon Route 217 passes in the east and joins US Highway 26 to Portland about 3 km north .

history

Beaverton was founded in 1893, when the population was 400.

Population development

Beaverton belongs to the Metropolitan Statistical Area Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, whose population the US Census Bureau puts at over 2.4 million (2016 estimate). Like many cities in the metropolitan area of ​​Portland, the city is growing extremely quickly, with the population almost tripling between 1980 and 2010. In the 2010 census , a population of 89,817 was recorded.

year Residents¹
1980 31,962
1990 53,310
2000 77,923
2010 89,817
2016 97,590

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate

politics

The Democrat Denny Doyle has been Mayor of Beaverton since 2008.

Town twinning

Economy and Infrastructure

The sporting goods company Nike and the electronics companies Tektronix and Biamp have their headquarters in Beaverton .

The German American School of Portland is also located here (3900 SW Murray Blvd.).

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Beaverton (Oregon)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. US Census Bureau ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  2. Mayor Denny Doyle