Burton is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
King County, Washington
King County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of counties in Washington, most populo ...
. It is a historic waterfront residential area on
Vashon Island
Vashon () is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Before the constru ...
. 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 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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