Editing Wilsonville, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[Alphonso 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.<ref name=ferry>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.com/history/hm/boones_landing.cfm|title=Boones Landing|work=Oregon History|publisher=Oregon.com|access-date=May 24, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033849/http://www.oregon.com/history/hm/boones_landing.cfm|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The ferry gave rise to the community of ''Boones Landing'', which eventually grew into Wilsonville.<ref name=ferry/> Originally, the area was part of what became [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]], but was transferred to the current Clackamas County in 1855.<ref name="citytimeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=658|title=Wilsonville History|date=December 2, 2008|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609150642/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=658|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> The first post office was established in 1876 with the name ''Boones Ferry''.<ref name="citytimeline"/>

Wilsonville became the name of the community on June 3, 1880,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwp.bigplanet.com/wilsonvillecoc/history/|title=Community History|publisher=Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce|access-date=August 13, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060511205527/http://dwp.bigplanet.com/wilsonvillecoc/history/ |archive-date = May 11, 2006}}</ref> named after the first postmaster, Charles Wilson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/Personalities/Personalities.htm|title=Notable Personalities|publisher=Wilsonville Library|access-date=May 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025103431/http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/Personalities/Personalities.htm|archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref> That same year the first school, Wilsonville Grade School, was opened as a single-room building.<ref name="oldschools">{{cite web|url=http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/HistoricBuildings/SchoolsChurches.htm|title=Local Schools & Churches|publisher=City of Wilsonville Public Library|access-date=June 3, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723162001/http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/HistoricBuildings/SchoolsChurches.htm|archive-date=July 23, 2008}}</ref> By 1890, the railroad had reached town and the community contained depot, several hotels, a saloon, a tavern, a bank, and several other commercial establishments.<ref name="citytimeline"/> In 1897, the twelve school districts in the vicinity of Wilsonville up to [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]] merged to create a single district.<ref name="settlement">{{cite news|title=South Zoner: Wilsonville timeline 1880: The settlement|date=August 24, 1995|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|page=1}}</ref> A railroad bridge was built across the river for the [[Oregon Electric Railway]] beginning in 1906.<ref name="citytimeline"/> The bridge was completed the next year and service from Wilsonville south to Salem began in 1908.<ref name="citytimeline"/>

A new Methodist church was built in the community in 1910, which was used until 1988 and is still standing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/HistoricBuildings/MethodistChurch.htm|title=Old Methodist Church|work=Wilsonville's Historic Buildings|publisher=City of Wilsonville Public Library|access-date=June 3, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015135227/http://history.wilsonvillelibrary.org/HistoricBuildings/MethodistChurch.htm|archive-date=October 15, 2008}}</ref> Two years later, a new two-room school replaced the old [[one-room school]], which in turn was replaced by a modern school in the mid 1900s, all on the same property.<ref name="oldschools"/> In 1939, the wooden trestle part of the railroad bridge across the Willamette caught fire and burned.<ref name="citytimeline"/> Boones Ferry was decommissioned after the [[Boone Bridge (Oregon)|Boone Bridge]] opened in 1954 carrying what was then the Baldock Freeway, and is today Interstate 5.<ref name=ferry/>

In 1961, the [[Dammasch State Hospital]] mental hospital opened on the west side of the community.<ref name="citytimeline"/> [[Gordon House (Oregon)|Gordon House]], the only house in [[Oregon]] to be designed by architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], was built in 1963 near what became Charbonneau and moved to the [[Oregon Garden]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Lloyd Wright home redefines 'curb appeal'|last=Woodward|first=Steve|date=March 11, 2001|work=The Oregonian|page=B9}}</ref> Wilsonville was flooded in 1964 and the first fire station was built in 1966.<ref name="citytimeline"/> Wilsonville was incorporated as a city on October 10, 1968, with a population of about 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/s-y/wilsonville.aspx|title=Incorporated Cities: Wilsonville|website=[[Oregon Blue Book]]|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=May 31, 2009|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031332/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/s-y/wilsonville.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="budget">{{cite book|last=Fishbein|first=John|title=Preparing High Quality Budget Documents|publisher=GFOA|year=2006|page=240|isbn=0-89125-284-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NOICT2nHmjUC&pg=PA240|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225644/https://books.google.com/books?id=NOICT2nHmjUC&pg=PA240|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1971, the planned community of [[Charbonneau, Oregon|Charbonneau]] on the south side of the river was annexed into the city the year after development began.<ref name="settlement"/><ref name="budget"/>
[[File:Tauchman House Wilsonville entrance.JPG|thumb|left|Tauchman House at Boones Ferry Park]]
[[Tektronix]] built a campus in the city beginning in 1973, which was later sold to [[Xerox]].<ref name="budget"/> The following year Wilsonville's city hall relocated from Tauchman House at what is now Boones Ferry Park to a trailer and the next year the first city manager was hired.<ref name="citytimeline"/> A standalone post office was built in 1976 at Boones Ferry and Wilsonville roads, with city police protection added in 1979.<ref name="citytimeline"/> In 1980, the city reached a population of 2,920, and in 1982 the library was opened. The next year, a new city hall was opened, replacing a trailer that had served as city hall since 1975.<ref name="budget"/>

In 1988, the city opened their first library building, which replaced the one-room library located in space leased from the school district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilsonville library eagerly awaits moving into its new, custom-built facility|last=Schouten|first=Hank|date=August 4, 1988|work=The Oregonian|page=6}}</ref> The population grew to 7,106 at the 1990 census, and in 1991 the Town Center Shopping Center along Wilsonville Road opened.<ref name="budget"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=792|title=Demographics|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712150151/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=792|archive-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> Due to growth in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, the school board approved building a new high school to be located in Wilsonville in 1992.<ref name="settlement"/>

Author [[Walt Morey]] owned an estate in Wilsonville and after his death in 1992, his widow sold the property to a developer. The housing development built on that property, Morey's Landing, bears his name as does the children's section of the Wilsonville Public Library.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/24/daily13.html|title=Wilsonville development reaches 98 percent capacity|date=September 25, 2001|work=[[Portland Business Journal]]|access-date=June 21, 2008|archive-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526140910/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/24/daily13.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Walt Morey Park, a bear-themed park located in Morey's Landing, contains a life-size 8-foot-tall wooden statue of Morey's most famous literary creation, [[Gentle Ben]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/35069 |title=Wilsonville, Oregon: Statue of Gentle Ben |website=[[RoadsideAmerica.com]] |date=August 13, 2012 |access-date= May 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523093402/http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/35069 |archive-date=May 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Living Enrichment Center]], a New Thought Church with as many as 3,000 members, was headquartered in Wilsonville from 1992 until 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Church's last rites will end an era|last=Lednicer|first=Lisa Grace|date=August 28, 2004|work=The Oregonian|page=E1}}</ref> The church closed that year after problems that including money laundering by the church leaders led to the bankrupting of the church.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-church leader falls far behind schedule in repaying $10.7 million|last=Manning|first=Jeff|date=June 8, 2007|work=The Oregonian|page=C2}}</ref>

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 at a different site to the north of the old hospital grounds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inmates arrive at Coffee Creek|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=October 16, 2001|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> In protest of the construction of the prison, specifically the effect on property values, Larry Eaton began erecting [[school bus]]es on his property.<ref>{{cite news|title=Highlights, lowlights and other dubious achievements of the year 2001|date=December 27, 2001|work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> The former grounds of the state hospital have been redeveloped as [[Villebois (Oregon)|Villebois]], a primarily residential planned community. Also in 1995, [[Wilsonville High School]] opened as part of the [[West Linn-Wilsonville School District]], the first high school in the city's history.<ref name="budget"/> In 1998, lack of an adequate long-term water supply forced the city to suspend adding any new developments to the city.<ref name="budget"/> A new water treatment plant on the Willamette River opened in 2002 to address this need.<ref name="budget"/>

The Wilsonville Public Library was expanded to nearly four times the size of the {{convert|7500|ft2|adj=on}} 1988 building with an expansion finished in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilsonville library wing takes off, with skylights and space|last=Bella|first=Rick|work=The Oregonian|date=December 6, 2001|page=15}}</ref> Wilsonville Primary School was closed in June 2001, and later sold with the property and turned into a shopping center, anchored by an [[New Albertsons|Albertsons]] supermarket.<ref name=primary>{{cite news|title=Southwest Zoner: Recycling bits of old Wilsonville Primary questioned|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=September 19, 2002|work=The Oregonian|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Southwest Zoner: Life sign in area's economy? Some see a renewed demand for retailspace as hopeful but not a recovery after a poor Christmas|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=January 30, 2003|work=The Oregonian|page=1}}</ref> In September 2006, Wilsonville opened a new $9.9 million, two-story brick and steel [[city hall]] after a controversy concerning its location led to unsuccessful attempts to recall several elected officials in the city, including the mayor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: City Hall will close, only to open in new location|last=Mortenson|first=Eric|date=September 14, 2006|work=The Oregonian|page=9}}</ref> In 2007, the old city hall building was turned into a new public works and police department.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haight |first1=Abby |title=Close quarters makes for happier bureaus |work=The Oregonian |date=January 17, 2008 |page=8}}</ref>

During the [[Great Recession]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] closed its distribution center in Wilsonville,<ref name=econ/><ref name="nike">{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: Wilsonville budget will raise only SMART line|last=Haight|first=Abby|date=May 15, 2008|work=The Oregonian|page=14}}</ref> projector maker [[InFocus]] moved its headquarters from the city,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/10/infocus_will_leave_wilsonville.html|title=InFocus will leave Wilsonville for Tigard|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=October 22, 2009|work=[[The Oregonian]]|access-date=October 24, 2009|archive-date=October 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030234617/http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/10/infocus_will_leave_wilsonville.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and retailer [[G.I. Joe's]] that was headquartered there went out of business.<ref>{{cite news |last1=DiMesio |first1=Robbie |title=$61 million buys Joe's; big clean-out sale begins |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2009/04/liquidator_offers_61m_for_joes_1.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=April 10, 2009 |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Oregon Institute of Technology]] took over the InFocus building to house the school's Portland area campus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogoway |first1=Mike |title=Oregon Institute of Technology commits to InFocus site in Wilsonville |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2010/06/oregon_institute_of_technology_1.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=June 29, 2010 |language=en}}</ref> A new shopping center named Old Town Square anchored by a Fred Meyer store opened in 2011 along Interstate 5 at Wilsonville Road, which also included a McMenamins location.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Molly |title=Fred Meyer opens in Wilsonville, its first new Oregon store in 8 years |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/2011/07/fred_meyer_opens_wilsonville_s.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=July 16, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

Lowrie Primary School in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District opened in 2012 in the Villebois part of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dungca |first1=Nicole |title=West Linn-Wilsonville School Board approves new primary school boundaries |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/2012/03/west_linn-wilsonville_approves.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=March 6, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> The Villebois Community Center in that area was completed in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Finnemore |first1=Melody |title=Villebois Community: Wilsonville master-planned community continues to grow nearly two decades later |url=https://www.biztrib.com/news/villebois-community-wilsonville-master-planned-community-continues-to-grow-nearly-two-decades-later/article_62b6c612-bf5f-5826-81f5-0b6058b9205b.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=BizTrib.com |date=July 5, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A fire in March 2019 destroyed 20 homes that were being built in the Villebois area.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogoway |first1=Mike |title='Flames 100 feet in the air’: Wilsonville construction site fire destroys 20 nearby homes |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2019/03/wilsonville-apartment-fire-destroys-up-to-20-homes.html |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=March 31, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, [[Fry's Electronics]] closed its store that had opened as [[Incredible Universe]] in 1992, while museum World of Speed and the local bowling alley also closed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Corey |title=Fry's Electronics closes, leaving Wilsonville store barren |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/frys-electronics-closes-leaving-wilsonville-store-barren/article_cde50d46-de09-5ce3-a647-9f54ce7d4bb1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219173441/https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/frys-electronics-closes-leaving-wilsonville-store-barren/article_cde50d46-de09-5ce3-a647-9f54ce7d4bb1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=December 19, 2024 |work=[[Portland Tribune]] |date=February 24, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In June 2021, the city hit {{convert|116|°F|C|0}} on June 28, 2021, during a heatwave, Wilsonville's highest recorded temperature.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=A Running List of All-Time Heat Records Broken in Pacific Northwest, Western Canada |publisher=[[The Weather Channel]] |date=June 30, 2021 |url=https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2021-06-28-record-heat-wave-northwest-washington-oregon-canada |access-date=June 30, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> The only theater in town, a nine-screen [[Regal Cinemas]], closed in July 2023.<ref name="Regal Wilsonville">{{cite news |url=https://www.wilsonvillespokesman.com/news/regal-wilsonville-closes-its-doors/article_5446ba44-2696-11ee-82a2-73e85600774d.html |newspaper=Wilsonville Spokesman |title=Regal Wilsonville closes its doors |date=July 19, 2023 |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>