Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. It was founded as Boones Landing because of the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location; the community became Wilsonville in 1880. The city was incorporated in 1969 behind a population of nearly 1,000. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and grew to 19,509 as of 2010. Slightly higher than 90% of residents at the 2000 census were white, with Hispanics comprising the largest minority group.

Located within the Portland metropolitan area, the city with includes the planned communities of Charbonneau upon the south side of the river, and Villebois upon the western edge. The city is bisected by Interstate 5 and includes I-5’s Boone Bridge exceeding the Willamette. Public transportation is provided by the city-owned South Metro Area Regional Transit, which connects to the Portland-based TriMet by train through TriMet’s WES and by bus at the Tualatin Park & Ride. Students in public schools attend schools in the West Linn-Wilsonville and Canby educational districts, including the abandoned traditional high school, Wilsonville High School. Clackamas Community College and Oregon Tech have satellite campuses in the city.

Wilsonville has a council-manager form of direction and operates its own library, public works, and parks & recreation department. Fire and police guidance are fixed out to other regional government agencies. Wilsonville Public Works contracts Jacobs for operation of the wastewater treatment plant, and Veolia North America for operation of the Willamette River Water Treatment Plant. The city is home to several technology companies including Mentor Graphics, along as soon as Stream Global Services, the largest employer in the city. Wilsonville contains many distribution and manufacturing buildings against Interstate 5 such as regional distribution facilities for Coca-Cola and Rite Aid. Retail centers improve Argyle Square upon the north and the Town Center Shopping Center to the south. Media in Wilsonville consists of the Portland Place broadcast stations, regional newspapers, and the local Wilsonville Spokesman newspaper.

Alphonso Boone, the grandson of Daniel Boone, settled in what would progressive become Wilsonville in 1846 and expected the Boones Ferry across the Willamette River in 1847. The ferry gave rise to the community of Boones Landing, which eventually grew into Wilsonville. Originally, the Place was share of what became Yamhill County, but was transferred to the current Clackamas County in 1855. The first name office was expected in 1876 subsequently the name Boones Ferry.