Editing Wilsonville, Oregon

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| name                     = Wilsonville, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
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| image_caption            = City Hall
| image_flag               = 
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| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = Serving the Community with Pride
| image_map                = Clackamas_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Wilsonville_Highlighted.svg
| map_caption              = Location in [[Oregon]]
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas]], [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]]
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = October 10, 1968
| named_for                = Charles Wilson
| government_type          = [[Council-manager]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Julie Fitzgerald<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julie Fitzgerald {{!}} City of Wilsonville Oregon |url=https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/directory-listing/julie-fitzgerald |access-date=May 2, 2024 |website=www.ci.wilsonville.or.us}}</ref>
| unit_pref                = Imperial
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| area_total_km2           = 20.09
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| area_land_km2            = 19.56
| area_land_sq_mi          = 7.55
| area_water_km2           = 0.53
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.21
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| elevation_ft             = 177
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| population_total         = 26664
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_density_sq_mi = 3531.19
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| timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset               = -8
| timezone_DST             = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST           = -7
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 97070
| area_code                = [[Area code 503|503]] and [[Area code 971|971]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 41-82800
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
| blank1_info              = 2412277<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412277}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/}}
}}

'''Wilsonville''' is a city in [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas]] and [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]] counties in the U.S. state of [[Oregon]]. Founded with the name Boones Landing for the [[Boones Ferry]] that crossed the [[Willamette River]], the community became Wilsonville in 1880. The city was incorporated in 1969 with a population of approximately 1,000. The population was 19,509 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] and grew to 26,664 as of the 2020 census.

Located within the [[Portland metropolitan area]], the city also includes the planned communities of [[Charbonneau, Oregon|Charbonneau]] on the south side of the river and [[Villebois (Oregon)|Villebois]] on the western edge. Wilsonville is bisected by [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]] and includes I-5's [[Boone Bridge (Oregon)|Boone Bridge]] over the Willamette River. Public transportation is provided by the city-owned [[South Metro Area Regional Transit]], which connects to the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]-based [[TriMet]] through TriMet's [[WES Commuter Rail]] and by bus at the [[Tualatin Park & Ride]]. The public school districts are the [[West Linn-Wilsonville School District|West Linn-Wilsonville]] and [[Canby School District|Canby]] school districts, and the only traditional high school is [[Wilsonville High School]]. [[Clackamas Community College]] and [[Oregon Tech]] have satellite campuses in the city.

Wilsonville has a [[council-manager]] form of government and operates its own [[Wilsonville Public Library|library]], public works, and parks and recreation department. Fire and police protection are contracted out to other regional government agencies. The city is home to several technology companies including [[Siemens Digital Industries Software]], along with [[Stream Global Services]], the largest employer in the city. Wilsonville contains many distribution and manufacturing buildings adjacent to Interstate 5, such as regional distribution facilities for Coca-Cola and [[Rite Aid]]. Retail centers include Argyle Square on the north and the Town Center Shopping Center to the south. Media in Wilsonville consists of the Portland area broadcast stations, regional newspapers, and the local ''[[Wilsonville Spokesman]]'' newspaper.

==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>

==Geography==
[[File:Wilsonville Memorial Park Boeckman Creek 2.JPG|thumb|Boeckman Creek in Memorial Park]]
Wilsonville is located on the southern edge of the [[Portland metropolitan area]], sitting at an elevation of {{convert|154|ft}} above sea level.<ref name=gnis/> Primarily in the southwestern part of Clackamas County, the northern section is in Washington County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=466|title=Registering to Vote|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609141402/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=466|archive-date=June 9, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is located on the north side of the [[Willamette River]] around where Alphonse Boone established the Boones Ferry.<ref name=ferry/> Neighboring cities are [[Tualatin, Oregon|Tualatin]] on the north, [[Sherwood, Oregon|Sherwood]] to the northwest, and [[Canby, Oregon|Canby]] and [[Aurora, Oregon|Aurora]] to the southeast. [[Newberg, Oregon|Newberg]] in [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]] is approximately 14 miles west along Wilsonville Road. The Willamette separates the majority of the city from Charbonneau, a planned community and neighborhood within the city limits, on the south.<ref name="charb"/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.42|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|7.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012  }}</ref> Waterways in addition to the Willamette River include Arrowhead Creek, Meridian Creek, Basalt Creek, Seely Ditch, [[Boeckman Creek]], and Coffee Lake Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=510|title=City Facilities, Parks, and Trails|date=April 2007|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=July 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151304/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=510|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> The Boeckman and Coffee Lake creeks account for 85% of the runoff in Wilsonville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5384|title=Stormwater Management Plan 2004|date=April 2004|publisher=City of Wilsonville|page=23|access-date=June 25, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609150620/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5384|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> Coffee Lake Creek is on the west side of the city and includes the Coffee Lake Wetlands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coffee Lake Wetlands |publisher=City of Wilsonville |url=https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/natural/page/coffee-lake-wetlands |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> The foothills of the [[Chehalem Mountains]] lie to the west of Wilsonville, with most land within the city on level ground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilsonville topographic map, elevation, terrain |website=Topographic-Map.com |url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-917v5k/Wilsonville/?center=45.31305%2C-122.74338&popup=45.30744%2C-122.78063 |access-date=January 5, 2024}}</ref>

Wilsonville divides the city into 16 neighborhood groups, designated A through P.<ref name="parksneighborhoods">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2555|title=Appendix E|date=March 13, 2008|work=Parks & Recreation Master Plan|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 29, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151105/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2555|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> Within each of these planning areas are individual neighborhoods, and occasionally a neighborhood spans several of these groups.<ref name="parksneighborhoods"/> For instance the Villebois development covers areas D through G.<ref name="parksneighborhoods"/> Individual neighborhoods include Charbonneau, Wilsonville Meadows, Canyon Creek North, Town Center, RiverGreen, Frog Pond, and Old Town to name a few.<ref name="parksneighborhoods"/> Wilsonville's Old Town neighborhood, the oldest of the neighborhoods, is located south of Wilsonville Road along Boones Ferry Road adjacent to the landing of the old [[Boones Ferry]] and contains the original portions of the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: Keeping Old Town 'neighborly'|last=Haight|first=Abby|date=October 18, 2007|work=The Oregonian|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: New look at Old Town: City considers plan|last=Haight|first=Abby|date=November 29, 2007|work=The Oregonian|page=10}}</ref>

===Climate===
Wilsonville, as part of the [[Willamette Valley]] is within the [[Marine west coast]] climate zone. Summers in Wilsonville are generally warm, but temperatures year-round are moderated by a marine influence from the Pacific Ocean.<ref name=climate>Taylor, George. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015033654/http://www.ocs.orst.edu/page_links/climate_data_zones/climate_oregon.html The Climate of Oregon.] Oregon Climate Service. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref> Wilsonville receives most of its [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] during the mild to cool winter months, with the wettest period from November through March.<ref name=climate/> July and August are the warmest months with an average high temperature of {{convert|87|°F|C|0|abbr=}}, while December is the coolest month with an average low of {{convert|34|°F|C|0}}.<ref name="WeatherChannel">{{cite web |title=Monthly Averages for Wilsonville, Oregon |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/monthly/97070 |access-date=February 9, 2014 |publisher=The Weather Channel |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153407/http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/monthly/97070 |url-status=live}}</ref> December is also on average the wettest month with {{convert|6.67|in|mm|abbr=}}.<ref name="WeatherChannel"/> The highest recorded temperature, {{convert|116|°F|C|0}}, occurred June 28, 2021, during a record breaking heatwave throughout the Pacific Northwest.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=8 |title=August Daily Averages for Wilsonville, Oregon |publisher=The Weather Channel |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018161426/http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=8 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=9 |title=September Daily Averages for Wilsonville, Oregon |publisher=The Weather Channel |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018161820/http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=9 |url-status=live}}</ref> Wilsonville's lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|-15|°F|C|0}} on December 23, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=12 |title=December Daily Averages for Wilsonville, Oregon |publisher=The Weather Channel |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018161832/http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/daily/97070?climoMonth=12 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 1001
|1980= 2920
|1990= 7106
|2000= 13991
|2010= 19509
|2020= 26664
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=September 25, 2013|archive-date=October 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003185009/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
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The city has a significant population of families that use Wilsonville as a halfway point between jobs in different cities, mainly Salem and Portland.<ref name="crossroads"/> Wilsonville incorporated with an estimated 1,000 residents in 1969 and grew to 2,920 people at the 1980 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_orABC-02.pdf|title=Oregon|date=August 1982|work=General Population Characteristics|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|pages=39–9|access-date=June 4, 2009}}</ref> As of the 2020 [[census]], the population totaled 25,492.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Census.gov|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=Census.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref> Part of the population count includes inmates at the [[Coffee Creek Correctional Facility]] that opened in the city in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wilsonvillenews.com/ArcStoryPage.asp?Database=Story&StoryID=5967|title=Prisoners counted in city population|last=Johnson|first=Patrick|date=May 27, 2009|work=Wilsonville Spokesman|access-date=June 11, 2009|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815025812/http://www.wilsonvillenews.com/ArcStoryPage.asp?Database=Story&StoryID=5967|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="auto1"/> of 2020, there were 25,492 people, 9,750 households, and 5,374 families residing in the city. This was an increase from 19,509 people, 7,859 households, and 4,658 families at the 2010 census.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 21, 2012|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> The population density of the city was {{convert|3,319.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, versus {{convert|2705.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}} in 2010. There were 10,213 housing units at an average density of 1,321.8 (531.3/km<sup>2</sup>) in 2020, compared to 8,487 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1177.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}} in the prior national census. The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 12.1% of the population. In 2010, the racial makeup was 83.8% [[White (US Census)|White]], 1.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.7% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 1.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.0% from other [[Race (U.S. Census)|races]], and 5.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.7% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

==Economy==
Wilsonville has often had more jobs in the city than residents due to its location along Interstate 5.<ref name="crossroads">{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: City at a crossroads Wilsonville|last=Mortenson|first=Eric|date=February 1, 2007|work=The Oregonian|page=14}}</ref> This location has led to the city becoming headquarters for several major local and national companies, as well as home to facilities of several national companies.<ref name="crossroads"/> Companies with their headquarters in the city include [[Electronic design automation|design software]] maker [[Mentor Graphics]]<ref name=econ/> and imaging systems manufacturer [[FLIR Systems]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/12/27/story2.html?page=5 |title=Dreams realized, dreams deferred |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=December 24, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825031039/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/12/27/story2.html?page=5 |archive-date=August 25, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Mentor Graphics entrance.JPG|thumb|left|Mentor Graphics headquarters]]
Copier and printer manufacturer [[Xerox]] operates a large facility in Wilsonville, and is the city's largest employer.<ref name="top10">{{cite news|title=Wilsonville's top 10 employers|date=September 14, 2006|work=The Oregonian|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top 20 Employers|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=521|work=License & Tax|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=April 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719160750/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=521|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>  The company acquired the color printing and imaging division of [[Tektronix]] corporation in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Xerox's Wilsonville unit continues to make strides|last=Kosseff|first=Jeffrey|date=May 14, 2002|work=The Oregonian|page=C1}}</ref> Xerox, Mentor Graphics, and FLIR are all adjacent to each other north of Boeckman Road along Parkway Avenue. InFocus and Mentor were both founded by former employees of Tektronix.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro West Neighbors: Emerging suburb built on silicon|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=December 8, 2005|work=The Oregonian|page=9}}</ref>

Wilsonville is home to many other business located in industrial parks straddling Interstate 5 that are filled with manufacturing and distribution facilities.<ref name="retail"/> Xerox and Mentor Graphics are the city's two largest employers as of 2006, the only two to employ more than 1000 people.<ref name="top10"/> Other large employers in the city are [[Tyco Electronics]] ([[Precision Interconnect]]), [[Sysco]], [[Rockwell Collins]], and Rite Aid.<ref name=econ/><ref name="top10"/> Additionally, [[Coca-Cola]] operates a bottling plant in the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Willamette may supply cachet water|last=Owen|first=Wendy|date=November 10, 2008|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> 

Retail in Wilsonville is concentrated mainly along Wilsonville Road near the Interstate 5 interchange.<ref name="retail">{{cite news|title=Suburbs ready, willing to handle retail growth|last=Bella|first=Rick|date=April 20, 2008|work=The Oregonian|page=W18}}</ref> This includes the Town Center Shopping Center and related developments along Town Center Loop, which included [[Fry's Electronics]], one of the former largest employers in the city, which closed in 2021.<ref name="top10"/> [[Microsoft]] had a plant, producing the [[Surface Hub]], from 2015 to mid-2017, with the loss of 124 jobs.<ref name="2017-07-19_O">{{cite news |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |title=Microsoft's Wilsonville jobs are going to China, underscoring travails of domestic tech manufacturing |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |date=July 19, 2017 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/07/microsofts_wilsonville_jobs_ar.html |access-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722010928/http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/07/microsofts_wilsonville_jobs_ar.html |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Culture==
Media in Wilsonville consists of the 28 radio stations and 7 television stations broadcast in the Portland media market, regional newspapers such as ''[[The Oregonian]]'', and the local paper, the ''[[Wilsonville Spokesman]]''.<ref name=econ>{{cite web|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Wilsonville/#communications|publisher=Infrastructure Finance Authority|title=Wilsonville Community Profile: Communications Resources|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307170932/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Wilsonville/#communications|archive-date=March 7, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Spokesman'' is published once a week on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 3,176.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orenews.com/web/members/details.php?MemberID=90|title=Wilsonville Spokesman|publisher=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association|access-date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516175717/http://www.orenews.com/web/members/details.php?MemberID=90|archive-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> There was a single movie theater operated by [[Regal Cinemas]], operated from 1996 to 2023, which featured the first stadium style seating in the Northwest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilsonville theater fires up 9 screens|last=Amick|first=Steven|date=December 19, 1996|work=The Oregonian|page=C4}}</ref><ref name="Regal Wilsonville" />
[[File:Town Center Park, Wilsonville.jpg|thumb|left|Town Center Park picnic shelter]]
[[Wilsonville 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.<ref name=OSLstats/> The library is located adjacent to [[Wilsonville Memorial Park]], the largest and oldest of the city's 12 parks.<ref name=mempark/> Memorial Park includes a water feature, athletic fields, and the Stein-Boozier Barn used as meeting space, among other amenities.<ref name=mempark/> [[Town Center Park]] also has a water feature along with a visitor's center operated by the Clackamas County and the [[Oregon Korean War Memorial]]. Other parks in the city are River Fox Park, Park at Merryfield, Montebello Park, Hathaway Park, Courtside Park, Tranquil Park, Willamette River Water Treatment Plant Park, Willow Creek/Landover Park, Canyon Creek Park, and Boones Ferry Park located on the Willamette River at the landing for the defunct [[Boones Ferry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=172|title=Parks|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609145203/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=172|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref>

The Wilsonville Community Center holds classes and community programs as well as community meeting space. Wilsonville holds an annual arts fair each May called the Wilsonville Festival of Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsonvillearts.org/|title=Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council|publisher=Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council|access-date=June 2, 2009|archive-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615060824/http://www.wilsonvillearts.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another annual event, Wilsonville Celebration Days, started in 2000 and replaced Boones Ferry Days.<ref name=boonesferrydays>{{cite news   | last = Tims  | first = Dana | title = Wilsonville's annual festival will leave past behind; Organizers aim to appeal to the interests of the 31-year-old city's many newcomers, many from out of state| work = The Oregonian | page =D2  | date = January 28, 2000 }}</ref> A [[farmers' market]] started in 2009 at the Villebois development, held on Thursdays from May into October.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro South Neighbors: Villebois market gets its start this weekend|last=Ericson|first=Cathie|date=April 30, 2009|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Charbonneau Golf Club is the only [[golf course]] in the city, with Langdon Farms and Sandelie just to the south and east respectively. Wilsonville also is along the Willamette Greenway series of open spaces and trails.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/PARKS/index.cfm?a=204509&c=44698|title=Willamette Greenway|work=Portland Parks & Recreation|publisher=City of Portland|access-date=June 2, 2009|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609074007/http://www.portlandonline.com/PARKS/index.cfm?a=204509&c=44698|url-status=live}}</ref> Wilsonville is the setting for the 2008 film ''[[Wendy and Lucy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendsource.com/bend/dog-days-wendy-and-lucy-goes-existential-in-oregon/Content?oid=2133259|title=Dog Days: Wendy and Lucy goes existential in Oregon|last=Bookey|first=Mike|date=April 15, 2009|work=The Source Weekly|location=Bend, Oregon|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=July 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718021726/http://www.bendsource.com/bend/dog-days-wendy-and-lucy-goes-existential-in-oregon/Content?oid=2133259|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Wilsonville Memorial Park play area.JPG|thumb|Play area at Murase Plaza in Memorial Park]]
Wilsonville has a home rule charter and is a [[council-manager]] governed municipality where the unelected [[city manager]] runs day-to-day operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=34 |title=City Code|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609144902/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=34|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4910|title=Human Resources Manager|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719135711/http://ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4910|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> The current city manager is Bryan Cosgrove. The mayor and four-person city council are elected to four-year terms. {{As of|2023}}, Wilsonville's elected officials are Julie Fitzgerald (Mayor), Kristin Akervall (Council President), Joann Linville, Caroline Berry and Katie Dunwell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Your Mayor & Council |url=https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/citycouncil/page/meet-your-mayor-council |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201040414/https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/citycouncil/page/meet-your-mayor-council |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |publisher=City of Wilsonville}}</ref>

Fire protection and police protection are contracted to other area governmental agencies. Fire services are provided by [[Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue]], and that agency operates two [[fire station]]s in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvfr.com/aboutus/service_area.aspx|title=Service Area|publisher=Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue|access-date=June 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510044031/http://www.tvfr.com/aboutus/service_area.aspx|archive-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> Police service is contracted out to the [[Clackamas County Sheriff's Office]], with a captain serving as the chief of police and officers using vehicles marked as Wilsonville Police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/index.aspx?page=192|title=Wilsonville Police|publisher=City of Wilsonville |access-date=June 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818193652/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=192|archive-date=August 18, 2009}}</ref> The city's Parks and Recreation Department runs 12 parks, with Memorial Park the largest at {{convert|126|acre||abbr=}}.<ref name=mempark>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=262|title=Memorial Park|publisher=City of Wilsonville |access-date=June 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425083500/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=262|archive-date=April 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=159|title=Parks, Shelters & Trails|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609144348/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=159|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref>

Wilsonville also provides its own water supply and [[wastewater]] treatment.<ref name=econ/> The wastewater system was built in 1972, while the water system was upgraded with a new treatment plant in 2002.<ref name=econ/> Water is drawn from the Willamette River from the [[Wilsonville Water Treatment Plant]] built at a cost of $46 million in conjunction with the [[Tualatin Valley]] Water District.<ref name="sherwood">{{cite news|title=Sherwood joins Wilsonville in tapping Willamette River for water|last=Haight|first=Abby|date=May 22, 2008|work=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref name="water">{{cite news|title=O!: River restoration takes a page from nature's playbook|last=Haight|first=Abby|date=March 1, 2009|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> The city used to use wells to provide drinking water, but those began to run dry in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Water bubbles up in Wilsonville aquifer|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=January 27, 2005|work=The Oregonian|page=B2}}</ref> The plant's initial capacity was 15 million gallons per day, but can be expanded to 120 million gallons per day.<ref name="water"/> Neighboring [[Sherwood, Oregon|Sherwood]] began receiving water from the plant in 2012.<ref name="sherwood"/>

The city has a single library branch, a {{convert|28677|ft2|adj=on}} building on Wilsonville Road.<ref name=OSLstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/libdev/stats/pl0607/pl0607web.xls|title=Oregon Public Library Statistics|publisher=[[Oregon State Library]]|access-date=June 2, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The majority of the city is within the [[West Linn-Wilsonville School District]], but the Charbonneau area is part of the [[Canby School District]].<ref name="charb">{{cite news|title=Southwest Zoner: Charbonneau, setting the tone|last=Tims|first=Dana|date=April 19, 2001|work=The Oregonian|page=1}}</ref> Public transit is provided by the city through South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART), which has ten routes that serve Wilsonville and connect to other cities. It has connections to the regional [[TriMet]] system, which includes the [[Westside Express Service]] commuter rail that terminates in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=About SMART |url=https://www.ridesmart.com/transit/page/about-smart |publisher=South Metro Area Regional Transit |accessdate=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

At the federal level, Wilsonville lies within [[Oregon's 6th congressional district]], represented by [[Andrea Salinas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/member/andrea-salinas/S001226 |title=Representative Andrea Salinas |website=congress.gov |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> In the [[Oregon State Senate|State Senate]], the city is in District 13, represented by [[Aaron Woods (politician)|Aaron Woods]]. In the [[Oregon House of Representatives|House]], the city is represented by [[Courtney Neron Misslin]] in House District 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/national-representatives.aspx|title=Senate and House District Legislature Listing|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095441/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/national-representatives.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Wilsonville lies within District&nbsp;3 (represented by Gerritt Rosenthal) of the [[Metro (Oregon regional government)|Metro]] regional government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=400|title=Councilor Carl Hosticka|publisher=[[Metro (Oregon regional government)|Metro]]|access-date=June 2, 2009|archive-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510043138/http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=400|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Wilsonville High School Oregon.JPG|thumb|Wilsonville High School entrance]]
Most of Wilsonville is in the [[West Linn-Wilsonville School District]], however portions south of the Willamette River are within the [[Canby School District]] and areas just to the west lie within the [[Sherwood School District]].<ref name="SDname">{{cite news |last=Green |first=Aimee |date=March 14, 2002 |title=Southwest Zoner: Equity issue colors name debate |work=The Oregonian |page=1}}</ref>

Elementary school (or Primary school as the district refers to it) education in the city includes Boeckman Creek, Boones Ferry, Lowrie, and Stafford Primary Schools. These schools serve grades K–5. A new primary school, named Frog Pond, is under construction and will open in the fall of 2025 on Boeckman Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registration Information / School Boundaries |url=https://www.wlwv.k12.or.us/Page/2467 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.wlwv.k12.or.us |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Mac |date=2024-02-07 |title=New Wilsonville school officially named Frog Pond Primary |url=https://www.wilsonvillespokesman.com/news/new-wilsonville-school-officially-named-frog-pond-primary/article_e240bc5c-c581-11ee-a52e-6f0d4bb33912.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=WilsonvilleSpokesman.com |language=en}}</ref>

Students living in the boundaries of Boeckman Creek and Lowrie Primary schools attend Inza Wood Middle School and the students living in the boundaries of Boeckman Creek, Frog Pond, and Stafford attend Meridian Creek Middle School. Students at Stafford are given a choice between Meridian Creek and Athey Creek Middle School in [[West Linn, Oregon|West Linn]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://apps.flo-analytics.com/WLWV_PublicSchoolLocator/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=apps.flo-analytics.com}}</ref>

All students living in Wilsonville attend [[Wilsonville High School]]. They can also choose to enroll at [[Riverside High School (Tualatin, Oregon)|Riverside High School]], a smaller open-enrollment school with [[International Baccalaureate]] classes.

Students in the boundaries for the [[Canby School District]] attend Howard Eccles Elementary for grades K–6, Baker Prarie Middle for grades 7–8, and [[Canby High School]] for grades 9–12. Students in the boundaries for the [[Sherwood School District]] attend Hawks View Elementary for grades K–5, Sherwood Middle School for grades 6–8, and [[Sherwood High School (Oregon)|Sherwood High School]] for grades 9–12.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://pdx.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=fdb348ef73b044cba0b68fa0e9128757 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=pdx.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref>

The city is also in the [[Clackamas Community College]] district and has a satellite campus on Town Center Loop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clackamas.cc.or.us/inside.asp?content=0120|title=Campuses|publisher=Clackamas Community College|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=May 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527091356/http://www.clackamas.cc.or.us/inside.asp?content=0120|url-status=live}}</ref> Opened in 1992, the campus was originally known as the Oregon Advanced Technology Center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clackamas CC dedicates new technology center|date=March 20, 1992|work=The Oregonian|page=E2}}</ref> The Oregon Institute of Technology operates its Portland area campus in the city along Interstate 5. The private, for-profit [[Pioneer Pacific College]] operated their main campus in the city until 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Southwest Zoner: Briefly; Pioneer Pacific College will offer criminal justice degree|last=Basalyga|first=Stephanie|date=January 10, 2002|work=The Oregonian|pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/07/oregon-culinary-institute-pioneer-pacific-college-say-theyre-closing-permanently.html |title=Oregon Culinary Institute, Pioneer Pacific College say they’re closing permanently |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] |first=Mike |last=Rogoway |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Boone Bridge Oregon.JPG|thumb|Boone Bridge]]
[[Interstate 5]] runs north-south through the middle of the city and crosses the Willamette River on the [[Boone Bridge (Oregon)|Boone Bridge]].<ref name="roads">{{cite news|title=West Zoner: Study derails interchange idea|date=December 6, 2002|work=The Oregonian|page=D2}}</ref> Wilsonville has two interchanges with the freeway north of the river, at Wilsonville Road on the south and where Boones Ferry Road meets Elligsen Road on the north end of town.<ref name="roads"/> To the south of the river, the Charbonneau interchange crosses I-5 at the southern limit of the city. Boeckman Road is the only other street that crosses I-5 and links the western and eastern parts of Wilsonville.<ref name="roads"/> Wilsonville Road, 95th Avenue, Boones Ferry Road (northern portion is [[Oregon Route 141]]), Boeckman Road, Town Center Loop, French Prairie Drive, Elligsen Road, Parkway Avenue, and Stafford Road are the main roads in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=390|title=Chapter 2 – Existing Conditions|year=2003|work=2003 Transportation Systems Plan|publisher=City of Wilsonville|pages=2–37 to 2–38|access-date=June 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609150029/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=390|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref>

Transit service used to be provided by [[TriMet]], but the city decided to opt out and now operates [[South Metro Area Regional Transit]] (SMART).<ref name="nike"/> SMART has connections with Salem's transit service,<ref name="crossroads"/> Canby's transit service, and TriMet. The [[Westside Express Service]] (WES), a commuter rail line to [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], began operations in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro West Neighbors: WES will wind its way through the west side|last=Crepeau|first=Megan|date=January 29, 2009|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> [[Wilsonville Station]] is the southern terminus of the nearly {{convert|15|mi|km|adj=on}} line operated by TriMet, and the station is the hub for SMART services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trimet.org/pdfs/commuterrail/wccrfactsheet.pdf|title=Washington County Commuter Rail Fact Sheet/October 2007|publisher=TriMet|access-date=December 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029094310/http://trimet.org/pdfs/commuterrail/wccrfactsheet.pdf|archive-date=October 29, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Freight rail service is provided by the [[Portland and Western Railroad]] over the same tracks as WES, with connections to [[BNSF Railway]].<ref name=econ/> These tracks run north-south and cross the Willamette over the [[Wilsonville railroad bridge|Portland and Western Railroad Bridge]]. The city does not have an airport, with [[Aurora State Airport]] to the south as the closest public field and [[Portland International Airport]] 17 miles north as the closest commercial airport.<ref name=econ/> Although located along the river, there are not any port facilities, though there is a marina located on the east bank (south side) of the Willamette.<ref name=econ/>

==Notable people==
[[File:George Law Curry 1853.jpg|thumb|upright|Former territorial governor George Law Curry]]
{{See also|Category:People from Wilsonville, Oregon}}
The city has been home to a variety of notable people ranging from politicians to athletes and authors. Famous politicians to call Wilsonville home include former governor [[George Law Curry]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/orarc&CISOPTR=1942&CISOBOX=1&REC=12|title=House built by territorial governor George L Curry in Wilsonville, Oregon, ca. 1948|work=Oregon Historic Photograph Collections|publisher=Salem Public Library|access-date=2009-06-11|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225642/https://photos.salemhistory.net/digital/collection/orarc/id/1942|url-status=live}}</ref> Congresswoman [[Edith Green]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43818|title=Ronald Reagan: Appointment of the Membership and Principal Officials of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships|last=Peters|first=Gerhard|work=The American Presidency Project|access-date=June 3, 2009|archive-date=October 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027164623/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43818|url-status=live}}</ref> federal judge [[James M. Burns (judge)|James M. Burns]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|title=Senior Status Not Likely to Slow James Burns|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=November 20, 1989|author2=Dave Hogan|page=B4}}</ref> and former mayor and state representative [[Jerry Krummel]].<ref name="statebio">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/krummel/ |title=Biography|work=Jerry Krummel|publisher=Oregon Legislature|access-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103193243/http://www.leg.state.or.us/krummel/ |archive-date = January 3, 2008}}</ref> Athletes of note have included football player Derek Devine,<ref>{{cite news|title=Hass sticks with Bears; Seahawks cut three locals|last=Fentress|first=Aaron|date=September 2, 2007|work=The Oregonian|pages=C10}}</ref> professional golfer [[Brian Henninger]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=28822|title=Golfer fights to reignite his career|last=Vondersmith|first=Jason|date=March 18, 2005|work=Portland Tribune|access-date=July 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045407/http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=28822|archive-date=June 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and baseball player and manager [[Del Baker]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilsonville steers past a dead end for street names|last=Lednicer|first=Lisa Grace|date=March 10, 2005|work=[[The Oregonian]]|page=D2}}</ref> Those prominent in the legal field are [[Gordon Sloan]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.com/cjonline/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=19214542|title=Obituaries: Sloan, Gordon Wright|date=September 15, 2006|work=Topeka Capital-Journal|access-date=July 6, 2009|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203225644/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=19214542|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[R. William Riggs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme, appeals court|last=Wong|first=Peter|date=May 3, 2004|work=Statesman Journal|page=4C}}</ref> Others include children's author [[Walt Morey]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Southwest Zoner: Wilsonville dreaming|last=Nix|first=Nelle|date=April 5, 2001|work=The Oregonian|page=4}}</ref> businessman [[Tom Bruggere]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro Southwest Neighbors: Roots Local History|last=Stumm|first=Tim|date=November 9, 2006|work=The Oregonian|page=18}}</ref> baseball coach [[Mel Krause]]<ref>{{cite news|work=The Oregonian|date=June 14, 2008|title=Baseball's advocate at UO dies at 80|last=Smith|first=Jeff|page=E1}}</ref> and actor [[Frank Cady]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/06/green_acres_actor_frank_cady_d.html |title=Green Acres' actor Frank Cady dies in Wilsonville |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527223009/http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/06/green_acres_actor_frank_cady_d.html |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- and [[Greg Eklund]], drummer for multi platinum recording artist Everclear.--> Actor [[Henry Thomas]] is a current resident of Wilsonville, having moved there in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title='E.T.' star Henry Thomas Jr. jailed for DUII near Portland, police say |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/10/et-star-henry-thomas-jr-jailed-for-duii-near-portland-police-say.html |website=[[OregonLive]]|author1=Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
|access-date=December 18, 2024 |date=October 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Remarkable Journey of E.T.'s Henry Thomas: From Child Star to Seasoned Actor |first1=Lily|last1=Wordsmith |url=https://tvovermind.com/whatever-happened-to-henry-thomas-since-e-t/|website=[[TV Overmind]]|publisher=[[Zap2it]]
|access-date=December 18, 2024 |date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>

==Sister city==
Wilsonville has one [[Town twinning|sister city]] relationship. The city established a relationship with [[Kitakata, Fukushima|Kitakata]], in the [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]] province of Japan, in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaso.org/sisters.html|title=Oregon-Japan Sister Cities|publisher=Japan-America Society of Oregon|access-date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426092318/http://www.jaso.org/sisters.html|archive-date=April 26, 2009}}</ref> Kitakata, in the northern part of [[Honshū]], has an estimated population of 55,000. Then-Wilsonville Mayor [[Jerry Krummel]] visited Japan in 1994 to attend a ceremony honoring Kitakata's 40th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|title=South Zoner: Wilsonville group will visit sister city|date=September 15, 1994|work=The Oregonian|page=13}}</ref> The mayor of Kitakata visited Wilsonville in 2008 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the relationship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ceremony/reception to honor sister city|last=Owen|first=Wendy|date=October 22, 2008|work=The Oregonian|page=D3}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Oregon|Pacific Northwest}}
*[[List of ghost towns in Oregon]] – Boones Ferry was a ghost town subsumed by Wilsonville
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/}}
* [https://explorewilsonville.com/ Wilsonville visitor website]
* [https://wilsonvillechamber.com/ Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://photos.salemhistory.net/digital/search/searchterm/Wilsonville/field/title/mode/exact/conn/and/cosuppress/ Historic images of Wilsonville] from Salem Public Library

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