Burton, Washington
Unincorporated community in Washington, United States
47°23′21″N 122°27′33″W / 47.38917°N 122.45917°W / 47.38917; -122.4591798013[1]
Burton is an unincorporated community in King County, Washington. It is a historic waterfront residential area on Vashon Island. The town of Burton sits at the isthmus between Inner and Outer Quartermaster Harbor. The town was named in 1892 by Mrs. Miles Hatch after her home town in Illinois,[2] and in that year development began in Burton with the Vashon College and the Burton Store. Industries around Burton at that time included logging, shingle manufacturing and brickmaking.
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Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington, United States
County seat: Seattle
- Algona
- Auburn‡
- Bellevue
- Black Diamond
- Bothell‡
- Burien
- Carnation
- Clyde Hill
- Covington
- Des Moines
- Duvall
- Enumclaw
- Federal Way
- Issaquah
- Kenmore
- Kent
- Kirkland
- Lake Forest Park
- Maple Valley
- Medina
- Mercer Island
- Milton‡
- Newcastle
- Normandy Park
- North Bend
- Pacific‡
- Redmond
- Renton
- Sammamish
- SeaTac
- Seattle
- Shoreline
- Snoqualmie
- Tukwila
- Woodinville
- Ames Lake
- Baring
- Boulevard Park
- Bryn Mawr-Skyway
- Cottage Lake
- East Renton Highlands
- East Hill-Meridian
- Fairwood
- Fall City
- Hobart
- Klahanie
- Lake Holm
- Lake Marcel-Stillwater
- Lake Morton-Berrydale
- Lakeland North
- Lakeland South
- Maple Heights-Lake Desire
- Mirrormont
- Ravensdale
- Riverbend
- Riverpoint
- Riverton
- Shadow Lake
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill
- Vashon
- White Center
- Wilderness Rim
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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- Camp Burton, in Burton, King County, Washington
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