Horton is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is about three miles northeast of Blachly, in the Lake Creek valley of the Central Oregon Coast Range .
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. [2] When the post office was established in 1913 it was named after the family. [2] Sam Horton was the first postmaster; the office closed in 1960. [2]
Horton's economy was based on the lumber and dairy industries. [2] In 1915 Horton had a public school, two churches and two fraternal lodges. [3]
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