Byron, Washington

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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Byron is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located approximately three miles west of Prosser.

History

The community was founded in 1908 by the Byron Improvement Company. According to local settlers, the community was named after surveyors found a post marked 'Byron',{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=49|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=33}} which was sent in 1890 by the Northern Pacific Railway Company.

The railroad's records contain notes stating that Earl Byron, a sheep herder, had a railroad siding for loading sheep onto railroad cars, at the town location in 1881. Byron's post office was open from August 4, 1909, until January 31, 1955.

This is also the home of professional wrestler Byron Saxton.{{cite web | url=http://research.nprha.org/Lists/Station_Roster_Master_List/DispForm.aspx?ID=16919 | title=Station Roster Master List: Ashue | publisher=Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association | accessdate=October 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053423/http://research.nprha.org/Lists/Station_Roster_Master_List/DispForm.aspx?ID=16919 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/wanames/wpnv2.asp |title=Washington Place Names database |publisher=Tacoma Public Library |accessdate=October 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905051206/http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/wanames/wpnv2.asp |archivedate=September 5, 2012 }}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Yakima County, Washington

Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)