Colton, Oregon

Colton
Unincorporated community
Colton High School
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Coordinates: 45°10′19″N122°26′16″W / 45.17194°N 122.43778°W / 45.17194; -122.43778
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clackamas
Established	1892
Elevation [1]	705 ft (215 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	97017
GNIS feature ID	1119161 [1]

Colton is an unincorporated community located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 211. Colton is located between the cities of Estacada and Molalla.

Colton was named in about 1892 by two residents, Joshua Gorbett and a man named Cole, who each wanted to name the community after the other. ^[2] The Post Office Department thought "Gorbett" would be confused with Corbett, so the community was named "Colton" instead. The Colton post office was established the same year.

Camp Colton, Colton Market, Bob & Clyde’s, Colton Cafe, Fir Valley, and our volunteer Colton Fire Station are everlasting Colton landmarks.

Colton areas include the ghost towns of: Old Colton, Elwood, Cedardale, Highland, Clarks, Dickey Prairie, and Fernwood.

Geography

Colton is located on Milk Creek, a tributary of the Molalla River, in a broad (narrow) canyon eroded in a plateau of volcanic basalts and ash of the nearby Western Cascades.

Education

Primary and secondary students in Colton are served by the Colton School District, which includes Colton Elementary School, Colton Middle School, Colton High School.

Notable people

• Stella Nickell, convicted murderer who poisoned her husband and currently serving 90 years in a federal prison in Dublin, California.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colton, Oregon
2. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN   978-0875952772.