Tualatin Apartments
Tualatin is a city that is a southwestern suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located south of Tigard in Washington County, one of three Oregon counties that contain the Portland Metropolitan Area. The name is taken from the Tualatin River, which flows along most of the city’s northern boundary. 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 1880s, the settlement was sometimes called Bridgeport, probably because of the nearby bridge, one of the first built over the Tualatin River. The population was 22,791 at the 2000 census
Tualatin is home to a majority of Bridgeport Village (“Bridgeport”), a lifestyle center that opened in early 2005. (The northern part Bridgeport Village is in Tigard.) Built at the site of an old quarry, Bridgeport is built in faux Italian village style, and features an 18 screen movie theater, several national and regional chain restaurants and many chain retail stores, but has no major department store anchor. Additional nearby retail areas are being constructed (July, 2006).
The city of Tualatin falls completely under the jurisdiction of the Tigard-Tualatin School District. This district contains 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 2 high schools. Of these schools, 5 are actually located within Tualatin city limits: Bridgeport Elementary School, Byrom Elementary School, Tualatin Elementary School, Hazelbrook Middle School, and Tualatin High School. Tualatin’s public education system is known for producing high achievers.
Tualatin High School is one of 13 schools in Oregon and one of 479 in the United States to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. “The IB Diploma is the premier global standard of high school academic excellence, and Tualatin is proud to have offered students the option to earn it ever since our doors opened in 1992.” – Tualatin High IB Program.
