Everything about Wilsonville Oregon totally explained
Wilsonville is a city primarily in
Clackamas County,
Oregon,
United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in
Washington County. Incorporated in 1969, the location was previously known as Boones Landing after the
Boones Ferry which crossed the
Willamette River at the location. Wilsonville is within the
Portland metropolitan area and includes the formerly independent community of
Charbonneau. The city is bisected by
Interstate 5 and includes I-5's
Boone Bridge over the Willamette. The population was 13,991 at the
2000 census, and
as of 2007 was estimated to be 17,405.
History
Alphonse Boone, the grandson of
Daniel Boone, settled in what would later become Wilsonville in 1846 and established the
Boones Ferry across the
Willamette River in 1847. The ferry gave rise to the community of
Boones Landing which eventually grew into Wilsonville. Wilsonville was incorporated in 1969.
Author
Walt Morey owned an estate in Wilsonville. After his death, his widow sold the property to a developer, and the housing development built on that property, Morey's Landing, bears his name. The children's section of the Wilsonville Public Library is dedicated to his memory.
Living Enrichment Center, a New Thought Church with as many as 3,000 members, was headquartered in Wilsonville from 1992 until 2004.
In 1995, Dammasch State Hospital was closed by the state of Oregon, and the site was then proposed as a location for what became the
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, which opened in 2001. In protest of the construction of the prison, specifically the effect on property values, Larry Eaton began erecting
school buses on his property.
Gordon House, the only house in
Oregon to be designed by architect
Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in Wilsonville in 1963, and moved to the
Oregon Garden in 2001. The former grounds of the state hospital are, as of 2008, under development as
Villebois, a primarily residential complex.
Geography
Wilsonville is located at (45.306805, -122.766420) on the southern edge of the
Portland metropolitan area. It is located on the north side of the
Willamette River around where
Alphonse Boone, grandson of
Daniel Boone, established the
Boones Ferry, which gave rise to the community of
Boones Landing.
According to the 2000 census, the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (17.9 km²), a figure which the city says has grown to 7.4 square miles (19.2 km²) by July 2005.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 13,991 people, 5,937 households, and 3,775 families residing in the city. The
population density was 2,085.3 people per square mile (805.1/km²). There were 6,407 housing units at an average density of 954.9/sq mi (368.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.45%
White, 2.22%
Asian, 0.66%
African American, 0.70%
Native American, 0.16%
Pacific Islander, 3.15% from
other races, and 2.65% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 6.94% of the population.
There were 5,937 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were
married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.89. Median home cost was $200,972 in 2000 and had grown to $316,400 by 2006. (formerly known as G.I. Joe's), a retailer specializing in
sporting goods,
outdoor activities and
automotive parts and
accessories;
Hollywood Entertainment, Xerox and Mentor Graphics are the city's two largest employees as of 2006, the only two to employ more than 1000 people. making it one of the city's largest taxpayers.
History and campus: The school opened in 1980, and was recently remodeled with a new front entrance, art room, band room, stage, and four open spaces (referred to as porches) that include class sets of computers. The school is named for long-time Wilsonville teacher and principal Inza R. (Mrs. Aubrey) Wood, born Inza R. Thompson in 1882, died 1957-07-11, buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Clackamas County.
Curriculum: four core classes (math, science, language arts, and social studies) and two electives, one of which must be either Spanish or French, with the other choices being band, drama, choir, art, presentations, and computer graphics.
High schools
Wilsonville High School
ArtTech High School (formerly: Arts and Technology Charter High School)
Colleges
Clackamas Community College Satellite campus
Pioneer Pacific College
Sister city
Wilsonville has one sister city:
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