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===Landmarks=== Landmarks in Hillsboro include the [[Washington County Courthouse (Oregon)|Washington County Courthouse]], the seat of county government.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Jill |date=November 4, 2004 |title=West Zoner Beaverton: Art straddles boundary between past, present |page=2 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Along the western edge of the city is [[Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery]], established in 1870, which serves as the final resting place of city pioneers and politicians.<ref name="hpc">{{cite news |date=October 19, 1976 |title=Life Styles: Historic names mark old gravestones |page=5 |work=The Hillsboro Argus}}</ref> Next to the airport is the Westside Commons (known as the Washington County Fairgrounds, or Fair Complex, until 2019), home to the annual county fair.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Washington County Fair Complex |url=http://www.faircomplex.com/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014052012/http://faircomplex.com/index.php |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=October 8, 2007 |publisher=Washington County Fair Complex}}</ref> Located at [[Shute Park (Oregon)|Shute Park]] was the {{cvt|25|ft|adj=on}} tall wood sculpture ''[[Chief Kno-Tah]]'', donated to Hillsboro and dedicated in 1987 as part of [[Peter Wolf Toth]]'s [[Trail of the Whispering Giants]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Keepfer |first=Scott |date=June 25, 2002 |title=Finding the Toths |page=3D |work=The Greenville News}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Geeslin |first=Ned |author2=Cable Neuhaus |date=September 5, 1988 |title=Peter Toth has heads–up works in every state, so Canada is next |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |publisher=Time Inc. |page=133}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Kno-Tah |url=https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/city-services-overview/cultural-arts/public-art-program/public-art-gallery/chief-kno-tah |access-date=January 10, 2014 |work=Parks & Recreation |publisher=City of Hillsboro |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045351/https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/city-services-overview/cultural-arts/public-art-program/public-art-gallery/chief-kno-tah |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chidester |first=Bill |date=September 29, 1987 |title='No-Tah' statue dedicated |newspaper=The Hillsboro Argus}}</ref> Due to storm damage, it was removed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pursinger |first=Geoff |date=June 15, 2017 |title=No more Kno-Tah. Statue removed early Thursday morning from Shute Park |newspaper=[[Hillsboro Tribune]] |url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/363293-243749-no-more-kno-tah-statue-removed-early-thursday-morning-from-shute-park |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092851/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/363293-243749-no-more-kno-tah-statue-removed-early-thursday-morning-from-shute-park |url-status=live }}</ref> <gallery widths=200px class="center"> File:Washington County Courthouse and grounds - Hillsboro, Oregon.jpg|The [[Washington County Courthouse (Oregon)|Washington County Courthouse]] File:Hillsboro, Oregon (November 2020) - 10.jpg|Morgan and Bailey Building File:Hillsboro, Oregon (November 2020) - 26.jpg|Hill Theatre, now an antique mall File:Imbrie Farm farmhouse - Hillsboro Oregon.jpg|The [[Imbrie Farm|Imbrie House]] File:Malcolm McDonald House - Hillsboro, Oregon (2017).jpg|[[Malcolm McDonald House]] </gallery>
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