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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Buxton
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|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]]
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|image_caption = Buxton Food & Feed Store
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|map_caption = Location within Washington county
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|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Oregon]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]]
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|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2000|2000]]
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|postal_code = 97109
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'''Buxton''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]], [[Oregon]], United States, near [[Oregon Route 47]].
==History==
The Buxton area was settled by [[Henry Buxton Jr.]] in 1884, and the town was named for his family, including his father, also named Henry Buxton, a pioneer of 1841.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book
| last = McArthur
| first = Lewis A.
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|author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur
| title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]]
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| edition = Seventh
| year = 2003
| publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press
| location = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
|
| page = 134}}</ref> A post office was established on December 27, 1886, with Henry T. Buxton as the first postmaster.<ref name="OGN"/> Buxton was also the name of a station on the [[Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railroad]] above Mendenhall Creek east of the community.<ref name="OGN"/> A new school building was completed about 1938.<ref name="school">{{cite news|last1=Gaynair|first1=Gillian|title=Old Buxton School suits parents just fine|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=June 16, 1997|page=E2}}</ref> In 1954, the community joined with neighboring [[Manning, Oregon|Manning]] and [[Banks, Oregon|Banks]] to form the Tri-City Rural Fire Protection District (now [[Banks Fire District]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.banksfire.org/history/|website=Banks Fire District|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> The post office continued until at least 1976 and had a zip code of 97109.<ref name="WaCo PO">{{cite news|title=Business and Industry: Post offices, zip codes listed|last=Benson|first=Robert L.|date=October 19, 1976|work=[[Hillsboro Argus]]|page=11}}</ref> The Buxton School, part of the [[Banks School District]], closed in 1998<ref name="school"/> with the building sold in 2000 to the Banks Christian Academy.<ref name="private schools">{{cite news|last1=Centers|first1=Ken|title=New Christian school to open in former Banks Christian Academy building|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2015/07/new_christian_school_to_open_i.html|access-date=17 March 2016|work=The Oregonian/OregonLive|date=July 24, 2015}}</ref> Banks Christian Academy closed the Buxton school in June 2015, with the school then being taken over by [[Faith Bible High School|Faith Bible Christian School]].<ref name="private schools"/>
==Climate==
This region experiences warm, dry summers, with the average monthly temperature being {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Buxton has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=488853&cityname=Buxton%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Buxton, Oregon]</ref>
==Transportation==
*Buxton Trailhead of the [[Banks–Vernonia State Trail]]
==Points of interest==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=2148&REC=1 Historic image of Buxton] from Salem Public Library
*[http://www.oregonstateparks.org/images/pdf/bv.pdf Brochure and map of the Buxton Trailhead] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20041019192453/http://www.oregonstateparks.org/images/pdf/bv.pdf |date=October 19, 2004 }}
{{Washington County, Oregon}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon]]
[[Category:1886 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1886]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon]]
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