By Wikipedia Tualatin (IPA: tu ? l? tn?) is a city that is a southwestern suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located south of Tigard in Washington County, one of three Oregon counties that contain the Portland Metropolitan Area. The name is taken from the Tualatin River, which flows along most of the city's northern boundary. According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office with the spelling "Tualitin" was established November 5, 1869, and the spelling changed to "Tualatin" in 1915. In the 1880s, the settlement was sometimes called Bridgeport, probably because of the nearby bridge, one of the first built over the Tualatin River. The population was 22,791 at the 2000 census.
By Wikipedia Sherwood is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley southwest of Portland. The population was 11,791 at the 2000 census. Prior to western settlers arriving in 1853, the Tualatin Indians inhabited the area. During the early years of settlement, farmers had to grow nearly everything they needed; twice a year they would undertake the 3-day journey to the town of Portland for staples such as sugar, salt, and syrup. In 1885, J.C. Smock gave a right-of-way on his property to the Portland and Willamette Valley railroad. He and his wife Mary Ellen Sebastian platted the town in 1889, the same year rail service began. Tradition has it that no one, not even the town's founders, liked the name "Smock Ville," and so a public meeting was held to rename the town. A prominant businessman, Robert Alexander, suggested the name "Sherwood." According to Post Office records, Alexander was from Sherwood, Michigan, and this was the town that was named after Sherwood Forest England. In any event, the U. S. Postal Department began sending mail to the Town of Sherwood, Oregon on July 5, 1891. Smock was the first postmaster. Sherwood was incorporated under Oregon Senate Bill 36 in 1893. The main industry in the 1890s was a brick yard supplying building material to Portland. The buildings in the current day area of Old Town were built during this period. After the brickyard closed in 1895, the economy was based on fruit and vegetable canning and a tannery. Manufacturing is the city's main industry today. The population of the city in 1911 was 350 within a 1 square mile city limit, which had grown to 14,050 people and 4.5 sq. miles by 2004.
By Wikipedia Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census. Wilsonville is mildly famous as the headquarters of Mentor Graphics, a $700 million company that makes software to design integrated circuits. It is also home to Hollywood Entertainment, parent company of Hollywood Video as well InFocus, a producer of multimedia projectors. Xerox has had a large facility in Wilsonville since it acquired the color printing and imaging division of Tektronix corporation in 2000