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Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas and Washington counties in the 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 today is over 27,000. Spanning the Willamette river just 20 miles south of Portland, the city is bisected by Interstate 5 and includes I-5's Boone Bridge over the river; the southern gateway to the greater Portland metropolitan area. Public transportation is provided by the city-owned South Metro Area Regional Transit, The public schools are led by the West Linn-Wilsonville School District with the only traditional high school being the Wilsonville High School. Clackamas Community College and the Oregon Institute of Technology 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; the latter supporting much of the 440 acres of the sixteen parks within the city. Located “downtown” is the five-acre town center park featuring the Oregon Korean War Memorial accompanied by a playful water feature for use by children of the community. It is here that the Rotary Club conducts the summer concert series. The nearby 126-acre Memorial Park also provides for a children’s water feature as well having extensive sport fields, tennis/pickleball courts and hiking trails down to the river’s edge. 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/Costo on the north and the Town Center Shopping Center to the south. Over 18,000 people from outside Wilsonville come to work in our city. Interstate I-5 can become quite crowded at commute times. The city is a strong supporter of the arts and Wilsonville high school sports (5A state football champs two years running), as well as the adjacent 550-seat Center for Performing Arts. It is here that the school’s drama club performs three musical/drama presentations annually.