COLTON, OREGON

'Colton, Oregon' is an is an unincorporated community located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon State Route 211. Colton is located between the cities of Estacada and Molalla.
According to ''Oregon Geographic Names'', Colton was named about 1892 by two residents, Joshua Gorbett and a man named Cole, who each wanted to name the community after the other. 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. Its ZIP Code is 97017.
The community has historically had a large Swedish population, and was once a significant logging town. Today the economy is dominated by horticulture and Christmas tree farming.

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Geography

Colton is located on Milk Creek, a tributary of the Molalla River, in a broad canyon eroded in a plateau of volcanic basalts and ash of the nearby Western Cascades. Canyon Creek, which drains Green Mountain's slopes to the South, joins Milk Creek just east of the community.

Services

Colton has its own school district, water district, and rural fire protection district, each supported by a tax levied on their prospective service areas by the county.
The area near Highway 211 and Wall Street is marked by a school crosswalk and blinking yellow light. Nearby are the Colton Market grocery with gas pump, Colton Cafe restaurant, telephone cooperative, two churches, a U.S. Post Office, and a private retreat.

External links

★ Colton, Oregon from oregoncities.us (commercial unofficial website)

★ Colton School District 53