Bonita is a former
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is one of Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded the population as 600,372, making it the second most populous c ...
, United States, now located within the boundaries of the city of
Tigard.
History
The name "Bonita" derives from the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
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...
word meaning "beautiful"; and it was named by local resident George W. Cassaday. Bonita was a former station of the
Oregon Electric Railway
The Oregon Electric Railway (OE) was an interurban streetcar, interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland, Oregon, Portland to Eugene, Oregon, Eugene.
History
Service from Portland to Salem, Oregon, Salem began in ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
Tigard, Oregon
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