Carlton, Oregon Carlton, Oregon Main Street in Carlton looking west Carlton is a town/city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.
Carlton State and Savings Bank on Main Street is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The origin of Carlton's name is disputed.
Bones, postmaster at Carlton, stated in a 1925 letter that it was titled for John Carl, Sr., at the request of R.
Actual history of Carlton, Oregon: Prior to the postal service inside the town/city of Carlton, Wilson Carl, owned the initial Post Office, Stagecoach stop, and Blacksmith shop, for the area, about 7 miles West of Carlton, and his home was known as Mountain House.
Since the initial plot was over the mountain West of Carlton, it was a matter of convenience for the barns to build where it presently is, because negotiating the mountain was not feasible.
The populace of Carlton period to turn into the town/city of Carlton, around the barns .
The town/city is titled after Wilson Carl, and, was originally called Carl's town, and, a several other variations of his name were used before the name became Carlton.
Wilson Carl began as a pioneer carpenter/builder and shoemaker who became a wealthy territory owner, who assembled a portion of what is now Linfield College, in Mc - Minnville, and was founder of the Republican Party in Mc - Minnville, County Commissioner, and, at one time owned the property that the Yamhill County Courthouse presently sits on.
There is further knowledge about the name variations used for Carlton, in a former Oregon Blue Book.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.88 square miles (2.28 km2), all of it land. There were 702 homeholds of which 43.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 22.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 34.3 years.
30.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 9.3% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 540 homeholds out of which 42.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families.
In the town the populace was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.5% of families and 6.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
Residents are zoned to the Yamhill Carlton School District, headquartered in Yamhill. Yamhill Carlton Elementary School (YCES) is positioned in Carlton, and Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School (YCIS) and Yamhill Carlton High School (YCHS) are in Yamhill. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Welcome to Yamhill Carlton School District!." Yamhill Carlton School District.
"Welcome to Yamhill Carlton Elementary School!." Yamhill Carlton School District.
Carlton, Oregon 97111" "Welcome to Yamhill Carlton Elementary School!." Yamhill Carlton School District.
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Yamhill, Oregon 97148" Media related to Carlton, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons Entry for Carlton in the Oregon Blue Book Municipalities and communities of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States Amity Carlton Dayton Dundee Lafayette Mc - Minnville Newberg Sheridan Willamina Yamhill
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