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Barton, Oregon

Coordinates: 45°23′20″N 122°24′25″W / 45.38889°N 122.40694°W / 45.38889; -122.40694
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Barton
Baptist church in Barton
Baptist church in Barton
Barton is located in Oregon
Barton
Barton
Location within the state of Oregon
Barton is located in the United States
Barton
Barton
Barton (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°23′20″N 122°24′25″W / 45.38889°N 122.40694°W / 45.38889; -122.40694
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyClackamas
Elevation266 ft (81 m)
Time zoneUTC-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]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barton, Oregon
  2. ^ a b 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.