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We would like to provide the residents of  Tualatin  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Tualatin Home page. The Tualatin Home page provides as much information as possible on Tualatin. Knowing Tualatin’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Tualatin’s Home page, you will also find Tualatin’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Tualatin has a population of 27601. 48.8% of Tualatin’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.2 are female. 54.6% of Tualatin is married and 54.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $442,831, and the average rent is $1,408. Household median income in Tualatin is $92,454, and the individual median income is $42,558. Tualatin’s Ethnic is the following: White(76.6%), Hispanic(20.5%), Multiple(10.6%), Other(6.1%), Asian(3.1%), Black(1.7%), Pacific(1.1%), Native(0.8%).


The name of the city is taken from the Tualatin River, which flows along most of the city's northern boundary. It is probably a Native American word meaning "lazy" or "sluggish" but possibly meaning "treeless plain" for the plain near the river or "forked" for its many tributaries. According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office with the spelling "Tualitin" was established November 5, 1869, and the spelling changed to "Tualatin" in 1915. In the 1850s, the settlement was first called Galbreath after its founder Samuel Galbreath.


In 1853, Galbreath built the first bridge over the Tualatin river, and the town became known as Bridgeport. In the 1880s, John Sweek platted a town around the new railroad depot, and named the town Tualatin. It was incorporated as the City of Tualatin in 1913.In 1962, a fossilized Mastodon (Mammut americanum) was excavated in what is now the Fred Meyer parking lot.


It is now on display in the lobby of Tualatin Public Library. In 1972 fossils were uncovered near Fanno Creek that were determined to be a partial skeleton of a Harlan's Ground Sloth (Paramylodon harlani).


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