Burton is an
unincorporated community in
King County, Washington. It is a historic waterfront residential area on
Vashon Island. The town of Burton sits at the isthmus between Inner and Outer Quartermaster Harbor. The town was named in 1892 by Mrs. Miles Hatch after her home town in Illinois,
and in that year development began in Burton with the
Vashon College __NOTOC__
Vashon may refer to: Places
* Vashon Island, an island in Puget Sound.
*Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island.
* Vashon High School, a high school in St. Louis, Missouri
* Vashon, Washington, the community on Vashon Island.
* Vashon-Ma ...
and the Burton Store. Industries around Burton at that time included logging, shingle manufacturing and brickmaking.
References
External links
Camp Burton, in Burton, King County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in King County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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