Horton is an

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in Lane County,

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, United States. It is about three miles northeast of Blachly, in the Lake Creek valley of the

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History

In 1903, three brothers—E. J. Horton, Sam M. Horton, and J. C. Horton—settled in the area and started a sawmill they named Horton Mill. When the post office was established in 1913 it was named after the family. Sam Horton was the first postmaster; the office closed in 1960. Horton's economy was based on the

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and

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industries. In 1915 Horton had a public school, two churches and two fraternal lodges.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon 1913 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub