Buxton, Oregon: Difference between revisions

| 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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"/>