Tualatin, Oregon

Tualatin (/tuˈɔːlətɪn/ ⓘ too-AW-lə-tin) is a city located primarily in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon.

A small portion of the city is also located in neighboring Clackamas County.

It is a southwestern suburb in the Portland Metropolitan Area that is located south of Tigard.

[7] In 1962, a fossilized Mastodon (Mammut americanum) was excavated in what later became a Fred Meyer parking lot.

[8] In 1972 fossils were uncovered near Fanno Creek that were determined to be a partial skeleton of a Harlan's Ground Sloth (Paramylodon harlani).

Built at the site of a former quarry, Bridgeport was designed to be reminiscent of an open-air European-style shopping experience.

There are many factories on the south side of town, including a large Lam Research plant that makes electrochemical deposition tools for manufacturing semiconductors.

[14] Knife manufacturers CRKT and KAI USA, which owns Kershaw and Zero Tolerance Knives, as well as Shun Cutlery[15] are located in Tualatin.

[16] Al Mar Knives is headquartered in Tualatin, although manufacturing is done in Japan.

Oregon Scientific, a manufacturer of consumer electronics products, is headquartered in Tualatin.

TriMet service includes WES Commuter Rail, at Tualatin Station, and bus lines 36, 37, 38, 76, 96, and 97.

[18] Despite being served by TriMet, Ride Connection also operates several fixed-route services within Tualatin.

The city of Tualatin falls incompletely under the jurisdiction of the Tigard-Tualatin School District.

A small section of the city is part of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District.

Students from Twality then split into either Tualatin or Tigard High School depending on zoning.

Bridgeport Village
Tualatin Commons at night
Southbound WES Train pulling into Tualatin Station
Tualatin Station WES stop
Tualatin from Above
Tualatin City Hall
Kayakers on the Tualatin River
Clackamas County map
Washington County map