Carlton Oregon Map

About Carlton, Oregon

Carlton is a locality in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,220. The population density is 971.8 people per km². Carlton is located at 45.2943°N, 123.1765°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Carlton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97111.

Carlton anchors the verdant floor of the Willamette Valley, where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the distant Coast Range that defines the western horizon. It lies 5.9 miles north of McMinnville, OR (from McMinnville, OR: bearing 11°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west of Newberg. The land here rises in gentle, deliberate swells, shaped by the slow passage of water toward the North Yamhill River, which flows with quiet persistence only a mile away. Sunlight at dusk catches the silver-gray bark of native oaks, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields before dissolving into the gathering gloom. Near the center of the landscape, the stillness of Sitton Reservoir offers a mirror to the sky, while the deep, emerald canopy of the Tillamook State Forest looms in the distance, a reminder of the wilder, shadowed timberlands that hem in this fertile basin.

Carlton preserves the cadence of an agrarian past, its identity rooted in the rows of grapevines that climb the slopes of Puddy Gulch and the surrounding acreage. The economy pulses with the slow, patient labor of viticulture, where the transformation of earth into wine serves as the primary language of the region. Residents gather at the Upper City Park and Pool to mark the passage of the seasons, a space that acts as the quiet focus of daily life. Though the rhythms of the modern world press against these boundaries, the local character remains defined by a stubborn, grounded focus on the soil and the seasonal harvest, echoing the persistence of those who first cleared the brush to plant their lives in this heavy, dark loam.

About This Carlton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carlton, Oregon. Coordinates: 45.294282, -123.176495. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Carlton includes the ZIP code (97111), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Yamhill County (McMinnville), and school district assignment (Yamhill-Carlton School District 1).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.