Walton, Oregon

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Walton, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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The post office and store at Walton
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Walton
Coordinates: 44°01′50″N123°35′07″W / 44.03056°N 123.58528°W / 44.03056; -123.58528
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Elevation
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456 ft (139 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97490 [2]
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136877 [1]

Walton is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located halfway between Eugene and Florence on Oregon Route 126.

Construction of Route 126 began in 1881, and after it crossed the Oregon Coast Range near Noti, it followed a tributary of the Siuslaw River named Walton Creek. [3] Walton post office was established in 1884 to serve the settlers along the new route and postmaster James L. Atkinson named it for the stream. [3] The stream was in turn named for Joshua J. Walton, a pioneer lawyer who served as a county judge and regent for the University of Oregon. [3] After the turn of the 19th century, the stream's name was changed to Wildcat Creek. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walton, Oregon
  2. ↑ "Walton ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 1006–1007. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.


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