19 Facts About Wilsonville Oregon

Wilsonville Oregon contains many distribution and manufacturing buildings adjacent to Interstate 5 such as regional distribution facilities for Coca-Cola and Rite Aid.

Wilsonville Oregon became the name of the community on June 3, 1880, named after the first postmaster, Charles Wilson.

Gordon House, the only house in Wilsonville Oregon to be designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in 1963 near what became Charbonneau and moved to the Wilsonville Oregon Garden in 2001.

Wilsonville Oregon was flooded in 1964 and the first fire station was built in 1966.

Wilsonville Oregon was incorporated as a city on October 10, 1968, with a population of about 1, 000.

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Wilsonville Oregon is located on the southern edge of the Portland metropolitan area sitting at an elevation of 154 feet above sea level.

Summers in Wilsonville Oregon are generally warm, but temperatures year-round are moderated by a marine influence from the Pacific Ocean.

Wilsonville Oregon incorporated with an estimated 1, 000 residents in 1969 and grew to 2, 920 people at the 1980 Census, and to 7, 106 in 1990.

Wilsonville Oregon has often had more jobs in the city than residents due to its location along Interstate 5.

Wilsonville Oregon acquired the color printing and imaging division of Tektronix corporation in 2000.

Wilsonville Oregon is home to many other business located in industrial parks straddling Interstate 5 that are filled with manufacturing and distribution facilities.

Retail in Wilsonville Oregon is concentrated mainly along Wilsonville Oregon Road near the Interstate 5 interchange.

Wilsonville Oregon Public Library, founded in 1982, is a member of Library Information Network of Clackamas County and had an annual circulation of 493, 000 in 2006 to 2007.

Wilsonville Oregon is along the Willamette Greenway series of open spaces and trails.

Wilsonville Oregon has a home rule charter and is a council-manager governed municipality where the unelected city manager runs day-to-day operations.

Wilsonville Oregon's elected officials are Julie Fitzgerald, Kristin Akervall (Council President), Charlotte Lehan, Ben West and Dr Joann Linville.

At the federal level, Wilsonville is primarily within Oregon's 5th congressional district, represented by Kurt Schrader, but the portions lying within Washington County are in the 1st district, represented by Suzanne Bonamici.

Wilsonville Oregon has two interchanges with the freeway north of the river, at Wilsonville Oregon Road on the south and where Boones Ferry Road meets Elligsen Road on the north end of town.

Wilsonville Oregon Station is the southern terminus of the nearly 15-mile line operated by TriMet, and the station is the hub for SMART services.