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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Cedar Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, United States south of U.S. Route 26 and west of Oregon Route 217 and within the Portland metropolitan area. Construction began in 1946.
The formal Cedar Hills neighborhood currently includes 2,114 homes,<ref name=HOA-homepage>Homes Association of Cedar Hills Retrieved May 6, 2013.</ref> whose owners are subject to the rules and covenants enforced by the area's homeowners' association, the Homes Association of Cedar Hills.<ref name=HOA-about>About Us. Homes Association of Cedar Hills. Retrieved May 6, 2013.</ref>
History
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Plans to build the large new neighborhood were announced by the project's developers in April 1946, and construction of the first 50 homes had begun by then.<ref name="community rising">"2000-Home Community Rising Here; Two Firms Launch $25,000,000 Town In Beaverton Area" (April 28, 1946). The Sunday Oregonian, p. 1; also section 2, p. 1.</ref> Along with roads and utilities, the plans included a shopping center, schools, parks and churches,<ref name="community rising"/> in a neighborhood of around 2,000 homes on about Template:Convert.<ref name="shoemaker">Shoemaker, Mervin G. (September 29, 1946). "Cedar Hills: Something New in Building". The Sunday Oregonian, Sunday magazine section, p. 2.</ref> A writer for The Oregonian newspaper at the time called it "the most ambitious suburban housing development ever attempted in the Northwest".<ref name="shoemaker"/> The planned neighborhood was consistent with the racism in Oregon at the time, as the 1946 restrictions stated that "only Caucasians shall use or occupy the properties, except in the capacity of domestic servants, chauffeurs or employees."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Multiple image Construction of the planned shopping center began in 1954.<ref name="center starts">"$1,000,000 Cedar Hills Shopping Project Started; Second Phase of Big Center to House 27 Shops" (June 20, 1954). The Sunday Oregonian, section 2, p. 8.</ref> Located immediately south of the Sunset Highway, at the northern end of the neighborhood, Cedar Hills Shopping Center opened in April 1955.<ref name="oreg1955apr3">"Cedar Hills Shop Center Opening" (April 3, 1955). The Sunday Oregonian, section 2, p. 7.</ref> It originally included a Safeway supermarket (opened in August 1954, months earlier than the remainder of the center),<ref name="oreg1954aug">"Outlet Added By Safeway: $250,000 Store Opens in Cedar Hills" (August 22, 1954). The Sunday Oregonian, p. 48.</ref> a Rodgers five-and-dime, a Sears catalog store, and several other shops, along with a bank and a gas station. The center's tall neon sign became a local landmark. In 1979, TriMet opened a bus transit center on Wilshire Street, behind the shopping center.<ref name="oreg-1979jun19">Bodine, Harry (June 19, 1979). "Tri-Met west side transfers pass muster". The Oregonian, p. B4.</ref> Cedar Hills Transit Center remained in operation for almost 20 years, until replaced by the Sunset Transit Center – located immediately across the Sunset Highway (US 26) freeway from Cedar Hills Shopping Center – in 1998, with the opening of the Westside MAX line. The Sunset TC's construction included a long pedestrian bridge over the freeway, to provide access between the TriMet bus and MAX station and the Cedar Hills neighborhood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, the Oregon Department of Transportation opened a new Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) office in the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, serving as the DMV's Beaverton office, replacing one located on Allen Blvd. in Beaverton proper.<ref name=dmv2009>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the neighborhood has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and 0.43% is water.
Demographics
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As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,949 people, 3,749 households, and 2,361 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,926 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 83.28% White, 1.32% African American, 0.57% Native American, 4.78% Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 6.05% from other races, and 3.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.21% of the population.
There were 3,749 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the neighborhood the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the neighborhood was $48,200, and the median income for a family was $56,401. Males had a median income of $42,293 versus $29,922 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,812. About 3.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.
Public services
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Schools
[edit]Cedar Hills is within the Beaverton School District. Cedar Park Middle School and Barnes Elementary School are the only public schools located within the Cedar Hills CDP, but the area's residents are also served by Sunset High School,<ref name="BVT-2015nov4">Template:Cite news</ref> Meadow Park Middle School, Ridgewood Elementary and William Walker Elementary. At the high school level, boundary changes approved in October 2016 and scheduled to take effect with the 2017–2018 school year will make Cedar Hills part of Beaverton High School's coverage area, in place of Sunset High School.<ref name="BVT-2016oct18">Template:Cite news</ref>
Previously, the area was also the site of Cedar Hills Elementary School, built in the early 1950s, at the intersection of SW Cedar Hills Blvd. and SW Park Way.<ref name="oreg-1950may7">"Cedar Hills Starts Work On New Grade School" (May 7, 1950). The Sunday Oregonian, Section 1, p. 9.</ref> That school closed in 1983, due to declining student enrollment districtwide at the time,<ref name="oreg-1983may17">Template:Cite news</ref> and the building was leased to, and subsequently sold to, the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, which repurposed it as the Cedar Hills Recreation Center.<ref name="oreg-1986nov18">Template:Cite news</ref>
Other services
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Fire protection and emergency medical services are provided through Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.
Cedar Hills is served by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD), which maintains several parks in the area–including the man-made Template:Convert Commonwealth Lake Park.<ref name="commonwealth lake park">Template:Cite web</ref> While the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife regularly stock the lake with trout,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> bluegill and bass<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> can be found in the lake, as well as carp. THPRD also operates the Cedar Hills Recreation Center, a community center (not limited to Cedar Hills residents) located in a former elementary school.
See also
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- Cedar Hills Crossing – shopping center located on Cedar Hills Blvd., just south of Cedar Hills
- Cedar Mill – nearby area, with a similar name