# Horton, Oregon

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**Horton** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Lane County](/source/Lane_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States.[1] It is about three miles northeast of [Blachly](/source/Blachly,_Oregon), in the Lake Creek valley of the [Central Oregon Coast Range](/source/Central_Oregon_Coast_Range) .

## 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.[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](/source/Lumber) and [dairy](/source/Dairy) industries.[2] In 1915 Horton had a public school, two churches and two [fraternal lodges](/source/Fraternity).[3]

## References

1. p. 481.

1. Friedman, Ralph (1990). [*In Search of Western Oregon*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&pg=PA212). Caldwell, Idaho: [The Caxton Printers, Ltd](/source/Caxton_Press_(United_States)). p. 212. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

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