South Sound · WA
Shelton
Christmastown, USA, on Oakland Bay.
- Population
- 10,371 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1890
Then
- Before 1854
The Squaxin Island Tribe, "People of the Waters," manage these inlets.
- 1854
The Treaty of Medicine Creek cedes the land. David and Frances Shelton take a claim here.
- 1890
Shelton incorporates with 648 people.
- Early 1900s
Logging, dairy and oysters build the town around the Simpson mill on Oakland Bay.
Now
Shelton is the Mason County seat and the westernmost city on Puget Sound. It once called itself "Christmastown, USA" for its tree farms.