{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} right|Location of Colton, Ohio
'''Colton''' is an unincorporated community in northwestern Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1056826}}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 43510.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008003334/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43510 |date=2007-10-08 }}</ref> It is located along County Road 4A, approximately four miles north of U.S. Route 24.
==History== Colton was platted in 1855.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aldrich|first=Lewis Cass|title=History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8SJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA281|year=1888|publisher=D. Mason & Company|page=281}}</ref> A post office was established at Colton in 1856, and remained in operation until 1984.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Henry | title=Henry County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref>
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{{Henry County, Ohio}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|41|27|53|N|83|57|09|W|type:city_region:US-OH_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Henry County, Ohio
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