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Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas and 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 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 on the south side of the river and Villebois on the western edge. Wilsonville is bisected by Interstate 5 and includes I-5's Boone Bridge over the Willamette River. Public transportation is provided by the city-owned South Metro Area Regional Transit, which connects to the 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 and 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 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
[edit]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>Template:Cite web</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, but was transferred to the current Clackamas County in 1855.<ref name="citytimeline">Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> named after the first postmaster, Charles Wilson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That same year the first school, Wilsonville Grade School, was opened as a single-room building.<ref name="oldschools">Template:Cite web</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 merged to create a single district.<ref name="settlement">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</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 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, 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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="budget">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1971, the planned community of Charbonneau on the south side of the river was annexed into the city the year after development began.<ref name="settlement"/><ref name="budget"/>
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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Living Enrichment Center, a New Thought Church with as many as 3,000 members, was headquartered in Wilsonville from 1992 until 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The church closed that year after problems that including money laundering by the church leaders led to the bankrupting of the church.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref> In protest of the construction of the prison, specifically the effect on property values, Larry Eaton began erecting school buses on his property.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The former grounds of the state hospital have been redeveloped as 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 Template:Convert 1988 building with an expansion finished in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Wilsonville Primary School was closed in June 2001, and later sold with the property and turned into a shopping center, anchored by an Albertsons supermarket.<ref name=primary>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2007, the old city hall building was turned into a new public works and police department.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
During the Great Recession, Nike closed its distribution center in Wilsonville,<ref name=econ/><ref name="nike">Template:Cite news</ref> projector maker InFocus moved its headquarters from the city,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and retailer G.I. Joe's that was headquartered there went out of business.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2010, the Oregon Institute of Technology took over the InFocus building to house the school's Portland area campus.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref>
Lowrie Primary School in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District opened in 2012 in the Villebois part of the city.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Villebois Community Center in that area was completed in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A fire in March 2019 destroyed 20 homes that were being built in the Villebois area.<ref>Template:Cite news</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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In June 2021, the city hit Template:Convert on June 28, 2021, during a heatwave, Wilsonville's highest recorded temperature.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> The only theater in town, a nine-screen Regal Cinemas, closed in July 2023.<ref name="Regal Wilsonville">Template:Cite news</ref>
Geography
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Wilsonville is located on the southern edge of the Portland metropolitan area, sitting at an elevation of Template:Convert above sea level.<ref name=gnis/> Primarily in the southwestern part of Clackamas County, the northern section is in Washington County.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 on the north, Sherwood to the northwest, and Canby and Aurora to the southeast. Newberg in 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 Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">Template:Cite web</ref> Waterways in addition to the Willamette River include Arrowhead Creek, Meridian Creek, Basalt Creek, Seely Ditch, Boeckman Creek, and Coffee Lake Creek.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Boeckman and Coffee Lake creeks account for 85% of the runoff in Wilsonville.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Coffee Lake Creek is on the west side of the city and includes the Coffee Lake Wetlands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The foothills of the Chehalem Mountains lie to the west of Wilsonville, with most land within the city on level ground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Wilsonville divides the city into 16 neighborhood groups, designated A through P.<ref name="parksneighborhoods">Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Climate
[edit]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. The Climate of Oregon. Oregon Climate Service. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref> Wilsonville receives most of its 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 Template:Convert, while December is the coolest month with an average low of Template:Convert.<ref name="WeatherChannel">Template:Cite web</ref> December is also on average the wettest month with Template:Convert.<ref name="WeatherChannel"/> The highest recorded temperature, Template:Convert, occurred June 28, 2021, during a record breaking heatwave throughout the Pacific Northwest.<ref name="auto"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wilsonville's lowest recorded temperature was Template:Convert on December 23, 1998.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]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>Template:Cite web</ref> As of the 2020 census, the population totaled 25,492.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite web</ref> Part of the population count includes inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility that opened in the city in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 census
[edit]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">Template:Cite web</ref> The population density of the city was Template:Convert, versus Template:Convert in 2010. There were 10,213 housing units at an average density of 1,321.8 (531.3/km2) in 2020, compared to 8,487 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert in the prior national census. The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% White, 1.5% African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 4.8% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.1% of the population. In 2010, the racial makeup was 83.8% White, 1.9% African American, 1.0% Native American, 4.7% Asian, 1.0% Pacific Islander, 2.0% from other races, and 5.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.7% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>
Economy
[edit]Wilsonville has often had more jobs in the city than residents due to its location along Interstate 5.<ref name="crossroads">Template:Cite news</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 design software maker Mentor Graphics<ref name=econ/> and imaging systems manufacturer FLIR Systems.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Copier and printer manufacturer Xerox operates a large facility in Wilsonville, and is the city's largest employer.<ref name="top10">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company acquired the color printing and imaging division of Tektronix corporation in 2000.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref>
Retail in Wilsonville is concentrated mainly along Wilsonville Road near the Interstate 5 interchange.<ref name="retail">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref>
Culture
[edit]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>Template:Cite web</ref> The Spokesman is published once a week on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 3,176.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Regal Wilsonville" />
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>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Another annual event, Wilsonville Celebration Days, started in 2000 and replaced Boones Ferry Days.<ref name=boonesferrydays>Template:Cite news</ref> A farmers' market started in 2009 at the Villebois development, held on Thursdays from May into October.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Wilsonville is the setting for the 2008 film Wendy and Lucy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Government
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Wilsonville has a home rule charter and is a council-manager governed municipality where the unelected city manager runs day-to-day operations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The current city manager is Bryan Cosgrove. The mayor and four-person city council are elected to four-year terms. Template:As of, Wilsonville's elected officials are Julie Fitzgerald (Mayor), Kristin Akervall (Council President), Joann Linville, Caroline Berry and Katie Dunwell.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 stations in the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> The city's Parks and Recreation Department runs 12 parks, with Memorial Park the largest at Template:Convert.<ref name=mempark>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="water">Template:Cite news</ref> The city used to use wells to provide drinking water, but those began to run dry in the late 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite news</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 began receiving water from the plant in 2012.<ref name="sherwood"/>
The city has a single library branch, a Template:Convert building on Wilsonville Road.<ref name=OSLstats>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</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">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
At the federal level, Wilsonville lies within Oregon's 6th congressional district, represented by Andrea Salinas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the State Senate, the city is in District 13, represented by Aaron Woods. In the House, the city is represented by Courtney Neron Misslin in House District 26.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, Wilsonville lies within District 3 (represented by Gerritt Rosenthal) of the Metro regional government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
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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">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
All students living in Wilsonville attend Wilsonville High School. They can also choose to enroll at 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 for grades 9–12.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The city is also in the Clackamas Community College district and has a satellite campus on Town Center Loop.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Opened in 1992, the campus was originally known as the Oregon Advanced Technology Center.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Transportation
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Interstate 5 runs north-south through the middle of the city and crosses the Willamette River on the Boone Bridge.<ref name="roads">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</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, began operations in February 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Wilsonville Station is the southern terminus of the nearly Template:Convert line operated by TriMet, and the station is the hub for SMART services.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 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
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Template:See also 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>Template:Cite web</ref> Congresswoman Edith Green,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> federal judge James M. Burns,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and former mayor and state representative Jerry Krummel.<ref name="statebio">Template:Cite web</ref> Athletes of note have included football player Derek Devine,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> professional golfer Brian Henninger,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and baseball player and manager Del Baker.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Those prominent in the legal field are Gordon Sloan,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and R. William Riggs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Others include children's author Walt Morey,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> businessman Tom Bruggere,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> baseball coach Mel Krause<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and actor Frank Cady.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Actor Henry Thomas is a current resident of Wilsonville, having moved there in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sister city
[edit]Wilsonville has one sister city relationship. The city established a relationship with Kitakata, in the Fukushima province of Japan, in 1988.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</ref> The mayor of Kitakata visited Wilsonville in 2008 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the relationship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
See also
[edit]- List of ghost towns in Oregon – Boones Ferry was a ghost town subsumed by Wilsonville
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Template:Official website
- Wilsonville visitor website
- Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce
- Historic images of Wilsonville from Salem Public Library
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