Hillsboro

city and county seat of Washington County, Oregon, United States
Organization city_of_oregon Q81824
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Summary

Hillsboro is a city of Oregon[1]. Hillsboro ranks in the top 4% of city of oregon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Steve Callaway[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Shares border with: Aloha[7], Beaverton[8]
  • Named after: David Hill[9]
  • Postal code: 97123[10], 97124[11], 97129[12]
  • Commons category: Hillsboro, Oregon[13]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[14], UTC−08:00[15], UTC−07:00[16]
  • Local dialing code: 503[17], 971[18]
  • Inception: 1841[19]
  • Official website: https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hillsboro, Oregon[21]
  • Commons gallery: Hillsboro, Oregon[22]
  • Population: 200[23], 402[24], 980[25], 2016[26], 70,186[27], 91,611[28], 101,920[29], 106,447[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Hillsboro[31]
  • Capital of: Washington County[32]
  • Official name: Hillsboro[33]
  • Category for people born here: Q65643122[34]
  • Category for people who died here: Q113154553[35]
  • Number of households: 38,903[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hillsboro, Oregon[37]
  • Different from: Hillsboro[38]
  • Elevation above sea level: 60 m[39]
  • Area: 64.738407 km²[40], 61.928483 km²[41]

Why It Matters

Hillsboro has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Hillsboro is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net. Retrieved . hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved . factfinder.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved . hillsboro-oregon.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Pacific Time Zone, UTC−08:00, UTC−07:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Shirley Huffman, Steve Callaway
    The oregon encyclopedia id → hillsboro
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The oregon encyclopedia id: hillsboro, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83140812|Hillsboro (#83140812)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2968|The Oregon Enc"
  3. 16w ago · AHIOH · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Portland metropolitan area
    Topic's main category → Category:Hillsboro, Oregon
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Hillsboro
    Number of households → {'amount': '+38903'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Q140301636"
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