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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. State of Oregon. Originally called Twality, the Territorial Legislature renamed this county for the first president of the United States, George Washington on September 3, 1849. As of the 2000 census, Washington County is home to 445,342 residents. The county seat is Hillsboro.
1 Economy
Washington County is centered on a fertile plain that attracted farmers before the first wagon trains. In 1997, orchards covered 8,403 acres (34 kmē) of the county's lands and 1,163 acres (4.7 kmē) were devoted to vineyards.
The development of a large electronics industry during the last two decades is the dominating factor of the economy of this county. Intel, Oregon's largest private employer, has here its largest concentration of employees outside of its California home. Agriculture is still a major industry in Washington County, as are lumber, manufacturing, and food processing.
Washington County is the location for the corporate headquarters of Nike, the only corporation based in Oregon large enough to be included in the Fortune 500 list. Until it was acquired by IBMThis article is about the International Business Machines Corporation; see IBM (disambiguation) for other uses of this abbreviation. International Business Machines Corporation IBM or colloquially, Big Blue (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since, Sequent Computer SystemsSequent Computer Systems or more commonly just Sequent was a computer company that designed and manufactured parallel computing systems. Together with Pyramid Technology, Encore Computer and Alliant Computer Systems, they were pioneers in symmetric multip was headquartered right next door to Nike. The facility is now host to a number of software groups for IBM, including one of its LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n Technology Centers.
2 Geography
Located to the west of PortlandPortland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. It is a major Pacific seaport located about sixty miles from the west coast of the United States, situated on both sides of the Willamette River, just south of its confluence wit, this county has a total area of 1,881 kmēSquare kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 kmē is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 mē 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers (726 miēThis article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 1,874 kmē (724 miē) of it is land and 7 kmē (3 miē) of it is water. The total area is 0.36% water.
2.1 Major highways
- Interstate 5Interstate 5 is an interstate highway along the west coast of the United States. Like other interstates, it is commonly referred to as I-5 by most Americans ( Southern Californians typically call it the 5 . Its odd number indicates that it is a north-sout
- Interstate 205Interstate 205 is the designation for two different tertiary interstate routes. Washington-Oregon Interstate 205 in Washington and Oregon is a loop route that serves the Portland, Oregon- Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area. I-205 loops east of downto
- U.S. Highway 26
- Oregon Highway 99W
- Oregon Highway 217
