Beaverton (Oregon)
Beaverton | |
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City Park in Beaverton |
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Location in Oregon | |
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1893 |
State : | United States |
State : | Oregon |
County : | Washington County |
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 |
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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
- Birobidzhan , Russia (southeast)
- Cheonan , South Korea
- Cluses , France ( Haute-Savoie )
- Gotemba , Japan
- Hsinchu , Taiwan
- Trossingen , Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg
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
- Mariel Zagunis (* 1985), saber fencer
- Mike Byrne (born 1990), drummer
- Rubio Rubin (* 1996), soccer player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mayor Denny Doyle