Silverton is an

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, in the

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History

A post office called Silverton was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1945. Silverton was named by the local miners. The Silverton Ranger District, a unit of the

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, was established in 1908 and closed in 1936 before the completion of the

Mountain Loop Highway The Mountain Loop Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It traverses the western section of the Cascade Range within Snohomish County. The name suggests it forms a full loop, but it only is a small portion of a loop, which is com ...

. The ranger station was re-used for an educational nature camp, named Camp Silverton, that was operated by private groups and Everett Public Schools until 1997. The camp was demolished in 2019.

References

Unincorporated communities in Snohomish County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{SnohomishCountyWA-geo-stub