Facts About Beaverton
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The city of Beaverton is divided into 13 neighbourhoods: Central Beaverton, Denney Whitford, Raleigh West, Five Oaks, Triple Creek, Greenway, Highland, Neighbors Southwest, Sexton Mountain, South Beaverton, Vose, West Beaverton, and West Slope.
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According to Oregon Geographic Names, Beaverton’s name is derived from the settlement’s proximity to a large body of water resulting from beaver dams.
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The area of Tualatin Valley that became Beaverton was originally the home of a Native American tribe known as the Atfalati, which settlers mispronounced as Tualatin.
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The Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate is a gorgeous National Register of Historic Places-listed estate in Beaverton, originally constructed as a Gilded Age summer home in 1912 by Ralph and Belle Jenkins.
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As of January 2020, Beaverton covers a total area of 19.7 square miles (51 km2), all of it land except for small creeks, ponds, and lakes.
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The elevation within city limits ranges from as high as 698.2 feet (212.8 m) above sea level to as low as 131.7 feet (40.1 m) above sea level.
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Beaverton is twinned with Gotemba, Japan; Hsinchu, Taiwan; Cheonan, South Korea; Birobidzhan, Russia; Trossingen, Germany & Cluses, France.
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The estimated population of Beaverton is 97,494, as of 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county and the seventh-largest city in Oregon.
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Hamacher Wines was originally established in 1970, located just minutes from Portland’s downtown district in the city of Beaverton.
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The city is located along the eastern edge of the Tualatin Valley just west of the Tualatin Mountains.