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Historical Markers in Dayton

 
Clickable Map of Yamhill County, Oregon and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Yamhill County, OR (8) Clackamas County, OR (95) Marion County, OR (77) Polk County, OR (6) Tillamook County, OR (20) Washington County, OR (4)  YamhillCounty(8) Yamhill County (8)  ClackamasCounty(95) Clackamas County (95)  MarionCounty(77) Marion County (77)  PolkCounty(6) Polk County (6)  TillamookCounty(20) Tillamook County (20)  WashingtonCounty(4) Washington County (4)
McMinnville is the county seat for Yamhill County
Dayton is in Yamhill County
Yamhill County (8)  ►
ADJACENT TO YAMHILL COUNTY
Clackamas County (95)  ►
Marion County (77)  ►
Polk County (6)  ►
Tillamook County (20)  ►
Washington County (4)  ►
 
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1 ► Oregon, Yamhill County, Dayton — Courthouse Square Park — Fort Yamhill Blockhouse —
On SouthEast Dayton-Salem Highway (aka 3rd Street) (Oregon Route 221) near Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courthouse Square Park is a monument to the civic and commercial aspirations of Dayton’s founders, Joel Palmer, his son-in-law Andrew Smith and Christopher Taylor. Palmer and Taylor, who settled here to farm in 1848, laid out the town site on the . . . — — Map (db m114311) HM
2 ► Oregon, Yamhill County, Dayton — Pioneer Park and Blockhouse —
Near SouthEast Dayton-Salem Highway (aka 3rd Street) (Oregon Route 221) near Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
This Pioneer Park and Blockhouse honors General Joel Palmer, Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory from 1853 to 1857. Appointed by President Franklin Pierce. Frontiersman, author, legislator and friend of the Indian. His journal, . . . — — Map (db m114312) HM
3 ► Oregon, Yamhill County, Dayton — Yamhill Blockhouse — Oregon History —
On SouthEast Dayton-Salem Highway (aka 3rd Street) (Oregon Route 211) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on SouthEast Dayton-Salem Highway (aka 3rd Street).
This marker is composed of two panels. This building was a military blockhouse built at the Grand Ronde Agency by Willamette Valley settlers in 1856. U.S. Troops were sent to the station the same year and its was named "Fort . . . — — Map (db m114313) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026