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Mountain boundaries. Many in Bull Mountain complained that Tigard's annexation attempt is little more than an 11th-hour attempt to acquire a large segment of land without due respect for the incorporation process and proposed incorporation boundary. The effort was challenged legally in the Washington County courts. This legal challenge was rejected by the state Land Use Board of Appeals: "the city had not unlawfully obtained consent to the annexation," and the petition for appeal was dismissed by the
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1438:Wilkesboro
1433:West Union
1358:Laurelwood
1308:Farmington
1248:West Slope
1196:Cedar Mill
1123:Rivergrove
587:References
560:U.S. state
556:grassroots
483:annexation
376:As of the
323:feature ID
233:Population
190:Washington
134:45°24′45″N
1480:Footnotes
1403:Reedville
1368:Middleton
1328:Hazeldale
1293:Carnation
1237:Rockcreek
1227:Oak Hills
1101:King City
1096:Hillsboro
1076:Cornelius
1071:Beaverton
1048:Hillsboro
695:March 13,
673:April 12,
361:Beaverton
357:King City
311:FIPS code
301:Area code
289:ZIP codes
255:Time zone
225:Elevation
1471:Thatcher
1428:Verboort
1398:Progress
1333:Helvetia
1318:Glenwood
1303:Elmonica
1298:Chehalem
1273:Blooming
1139:Tualatin
1129:Sherwood
1117:Portland
971:Archived
915:Archived
894:Archived
406:Hispanic
315:41-09535
1461:Glencoe
1423:Tonquin
1413:Scholls
1388:Norwood
1363:Manning
1323:Hayward
1222:Metzger
1181:Bethany
938:General
742:June 4,
400:, 0.9%
396:, 8.4%
392:, 0.8%
388:, 4.0%
326:2584409
163:Country
1418:Timber
1393:Orenco
1383:Mulloy
1373:Midway
1353:Laurel
1348:Kinton
1288:Buxton
1278:Bonita
1268:Bacona
1207:Dilley
1134:Tigard
1091:Gaston
1081:Durham
1058:Cities
569:Tigard
564:Oregon
427:Census
410:Latino
378:census
359:, and
353:Tigard
349:Oregon
335:is an
185:County
178:Oregon
1456:Dixie
1338:Huber
1258:Other
1176:Aloha
1066:Banks
829:(PDF)
822:(PDF)
452:9,992
398:Asian
386:White
283:(PDT)
281:UTC-7
260:UTC-8
241:9,992
173:State
1168:CDPs
866:2007
837:2007
744:2016
722:2023
697:2014
675:2011
647:2022
608:2022
550:The
448:2020
436:Note
431:Pop.
339:and
321:GNIS
196:Area
1408:Roy
562:of
408:or
343:in
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274:DST
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