Colton, Washington
Town in the United States in Whitman County
About Colton
Colton is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 401 at the 2020 census.
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How Colton is governed
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Residents of Colton
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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Fire Chief
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Municipal Court
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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- Website
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Population over time
From 418 in 2010 to 401 in 2020 (−4.1%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 401 |
| 2010 | 418 |
History
Colton was first settled in 1879 by J.A. Cole, and was founded in 1882 by J.B. Stanley. Colton was incorporated in 1890; however, the incorporation documents were not recorded until 1893.
Plans for the formation of Colton were made in 1879. Several residents of the town of Uniontown, which was settled a few years earlier, had grown dissatisfied with the proprietor of that town. In June 1879, the town of Colton was surveyed and platted on the 480-acre farm of Gregor Kosher. That month L.J. Wolford moved his hotel to Colton and Chris Adamson moved his blacksmith shop to the new town. Dr. Cole erected the first new building on the corner of Steptoe and Broadway (now Main Street); J.B. Standley moved his small supply of merchandise into the new building. The town took its name from the first three letters of Cole, and the last three from Clinton, a son of Mr. Wolford, whose family was the first to live in Colton.
On October 10, 1879, John Standley was appointed postmaster and opened a post office in his own store. During the summer of 1880, a petition was granted by the county government at Asotin to separate Colton from the school district of Uniontown. The first school was opened in the Cole Building. Mrs. Viola Flowers was the first teacher.
Colton was a filming location for country artist Kenny Chesney in his 1995 hit song Me and You.
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