Buxton is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States, near Oregon Route 47.
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Coordinates: 45°41′20″N 123°11′23″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Washington |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 97109 |
The Buxton area was settled by Henry T. Buxton in 1884, and the town was named for his family, including his father, also named Henry Buxton, a pioneer of 1841.[1] A post office was established on December 27, 1886, with Henry T. Buxton as the first postmaster.[1] Buxton was also the name of a station on the Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railroad above Mendenhall Creek east of the community.[1] A new school building was completed about 1938.[2] In 1954, the community joined with neighboring Manning and Banks to form the Tri-City Rural Fire Protection District (now Banks Fire District).[3] The post office continued until at least 1976 and had a zip code of 97109.[4] The Buxton School, part of the Banks School District, closed in 1998[2] with the building sold in 2000 to the Banks Christian Academy.[5] Banks Christian Academy closed the Buxton school in June 2015, with the school then being taken over by Faith Bible Christian School.[5]
This region experiences warm, dry summers, with the average monthly temperature being 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Buxton has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[6]
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County seat: Hillsboro | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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