Barton is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Clackamas County, Oregon Clackamas County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the Native ...

, United States, on

Oregon Route 224 Oregon Route 224 is a state highway which runs through some of Portland's southeastern suburbs and ends in the Cascades. Route description The northwestern terminus is an interchange with OR 99E in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland. It contin ...

near the

Clackamas River The Clackamas River is an approximately tributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon, in the United States. Draining an area of about , the Clackamas flows through mostly forested and rugged mountainous terrain in its upper reaches, a ...

. Barton was named after

Barton, Wisconsin Barton is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,546 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Young America is located in the town. History The settlement of Barton began in 1845, when a land sur ...

by settler E. H. Burghardt. 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.

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Portland metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Clackamas County, Oregon 1896 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1896 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{ClackamasCountyOR-geo-stub