"Warrenton (CLATSOP)... Warrenton gets its name from D.K. Warren, an early settler. The community of Lexington, which was laid out in 1848, was the forerunner of Warrenton and was the first county seat of Clatsop County. Lexington was a post office in the early history of the state. The site of Lexington was near the south limits of Warrenton and about where Skipanon station was situated. The name Lexington fell into disuse, and for many years the territory where Warrenton is now was known as Skipanon. Small boats went up Skipanon River to the place called Skipanon, or Upper Landing, and there unloaded passengers and goods for Clatsop Plains. Warrenton, near the mouth of the river, was platted by its proprietor in 1889, and the post office was established February 8, 1892. Development of the community immediately began around Warrenton, with the result that Skipanon ceased to be of equal importance. Most of Skipanon is now within the city limits of Warrenton, although it is about a mile away from the buisness part of Warrenton."

The main section of the community of Warrenton lies on the west bank of the Skipanon River, in T8N R10W, Sections 21 and 28, approximately one mile from the Skipanon's entering the Columbia River.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Records database (2011) shows no entries for Daniel K. Warren in T8N R10W. Daniel K. Warren however is listed as being granted title to land (earliest in 1869) in the Knappa, Oregon area. Warren Slough and Warren's Landing are located just north of the Oregon community of Knappa.

The 1863 U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Cadastral Survey (tax survey) map for T8N R10W shows the Jeremiah G. Tuller land claim being in the area of today's Warrenton, with the General Land Office (GLO) Records database showing Jeremiah G. Tuller and Miriam A. Tuller being granted title to 611.34 acres of T8N R10W, parts of Sections 21, 22, and 28, on December 29, 1866 (1850 Oregon-Donation Act).

• Warrenton in 1889 ...
• Warrenton in 1890 ...
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"The towns of Flavel, Skipanon, Lexington, and Hammond were once viable communities along the Columbia and Skipanon Rivers. Yellow Bank, Sellington, and Fairhaven were also within the area now known as Warrenton. Fairhaven was platted on June 7, 1914, and later vacated on May 14, 1917. The exact location of Yellow Bank has not been determined and Sellington was platted on July 14, 1913, but never vacated. Today they are all part of the 16.7 square miles of land for the town of Warrenton, Oregon, platted in 1889, laid out on a tract of 52 acres in 1891, and incorporated in February 1899. Warrenton, named for D.K. Warren, had the first female mayor west of the Mississippi. ... Flavel was one of four ports for the Great Northern Steamship line and the site of the Flavel Hotel. Passengers came to stay at the hotel while waiting to board steamships bound for San Francisco. The ships were also used for troop transports during World War I, and following the war, Flavel faded away. The railroad passed through Flavel, where the tracks divided, providing sidings foe the movement of vast quantities of goods both in and out of the port of Flavel. In the area of Tansy Point, three canneries were located: Del Mar Cannery, Hovden Cannery, and Point Adams Packing Company. Only Point Adams Packing Company remains in the area. ... Several railroad companies operated in the area, and their tracks ran from Portland to Astoria and out to Hammond and Fort Stevens through Flavel as well as through Warrenton and south to Gearhart and Seaside. Among them were Astoria and Columbia River Railroad, Astoria and South Coast Railroad, and Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railroad. Skipanon was located to the south of present-day Warrenton, and Lexington was an eight-block area just north of Skipanon. Both of these towns were located in the general area of the present Warrenton High School. Lexington was the original county seat for Clatsop County until it was vacated on July 6, 1888, and the county sea was moved brieftly to Warrenton. The county seat was later moved to Astoria, where it now remains. Lexington became Skipanon until 1913 when it was annexed by Warrenton. ... Hammond is located near the mouth of the Columbia River. ...   In June 1873, Bartholomew Kindred received the original donation land grant of 620 acres ...   The town was platted and recorded in 1890. The original name of the town was New Astoria. Andrew B. Hammond was going to build a mill in the area. In 1915, the small town got a post office that was named Hammond Post Office, to honor Mr. Hammond, so the people of New Astoria changed the name of their town to Hammond. The post office is still in operation, but the mill was never built. Fort Stevens Military Reservation, now Fort Stevens, the second largest state park in Oregon, is next to Bartholomew Kindred's donation land grant at Hammond. The navy dredged a mooring basin in Hammond and the U.S. Coast Guard maintened a lifeboat station there for many years. The National Oceanographic and Atmospherica Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Biological Field Station now occupy the lifeboat-station building. Point Adams Coast Guard Lighthouse stood vigilantly near Battery Russell at Fort Stevens, until the extension of the south jetty at Hammond. The lighthouse is gone, but the U.S. Coast Guard is present with their air station at the airport. ... Today all these towns are incorporated into the City of Warrenton. ... Source:    Glen, S.L., and the Warrenton-Hammond Historical Society, 2009, Warrenton-Hammond, Arcadia Publishing, Images of America series