{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Alston, Oregon |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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'''Alston''' is an unincorporated community in Columbia County in the U.S. state of Oregon.<ref name="gnis"/> It lies along U.S. Route 30 (Lower Columbia River Highway) between Rainier and Clatskanie.<ref name="Atlas">{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |page=19}}</ref> Old Rainier Road and Alston–Mayger Road intersect Route 30 at Alston.<ref name="Atlas"/>

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{{Columbia County, Oregon}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Columbia County, Oregon Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon

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