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Tualatin, Oregon
Tualatin is a city mainly in Washington County, Oregon, with a small part in neighboring Clackamas County. It is a southwestern suburb of Portland, located south of Tigard, with a population of 27,942 as of the 2020 census.
The city’s name comes from the Tualatin River, which flows along most of its northern border. The name is derived from a Tualatin-Yamhill word that likely means “lazy” or “sluggish,” but it could also mean “treeless plain” (for the plain near the river) or “forked” (referring to its many tributaries). According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office named “Tualitin” was established on 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 it Tualatin. It was incorporated as the City of Tualatin in 1913.
