Just 27 years ago, Sherwood was a sleepy community just off Highway 99W, a town of 3,000 people at the edge of the Portland urban area.
Now the 4.3-square-mile city is home to about 19,000 people. The growth trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down and city leaders believe now is a good time to expand the urban growth boundary by bringing in more than 600 acres into its city limits.