Barton, Oregon

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Barton (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°23′20″N122°24′25″W / 45.38889°N 122.40694°W / 45.38889; -122.40694
Country United States
State Oregon
County Clackamas
Elevation
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266 ft (81 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1117276 [1]

Barton is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 224 near the Clackamas River.

Barton was named after Barton, Wisconsin, by settler E. H. Burghardt. [2] Burghardt started a flour mill and store near the mouth of Deep Creek, and later was postmaster of the Barton post office, which ran from 1896 to 1935. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barton, Oregon
  2. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 56. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.