Burton, King County, Washington

Burton
Unincorporated community
Burton Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 47°23′21″N 122°27′33″W / 47.38917°N 122.45917°W / 47.38917; -122.45917Coordinates: 47°23′21″N 122°27′33″W / 47.38917°N 122.45917°W / 47.38917; -122.45917
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

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,^[1] 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.

Old postcard showing Burton circa 1910. Vashon College is visible on the top right.

Detailed map of Vashon Island, Washington

Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington, United States County seat: Seattle Cities 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 Towns Beaux Arts Village Hunts Point Skykomish Yarrow Point CDPs Ames Lake Baring Boulevard Park Bryn Mawr-Skyway Cottage Lake East Renton Highlands Fairwood Fall City Hobart Klahanie Lake Holm Lake Marcel-Stillwater Lake Morton-Berrydale Lakeland North Lakeland South Maple Heights-Lake Desire Mirrormont Ravensdale Riverbend Riverton Shadow Lake Snoqualmie Pass‡ Tanner Union Hill-Novelty Hill Vashon White Center Wilderness Rim Unincorporated communities Bayne Cumberland Ernie's Grove Grotto Kanaskat Kangley Palmer Preston Selleck Sylvan Beach Tahlequah Indian reservation Muckleshoot Reservation‡ Ghost towns Hot Springs Lester Nagrom Sheridan Wellington Weston Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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• Camp Burton, in Burton, King County, Washington