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Stayton is an incorporated city in Marion County, Oregon, about 16 miles southeast of Salem on Oregon Route 22, on the North Santiam River, and part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The 2020 census counted 8,244 residents in Stayton, living in 3,105 households, up from 7,644 residents in the 2010 census.

Stayton was founded by Drury Smith Stayton, who purchased the town site in 1866 and built a carding mill and sawmill on a watercourse of the North Santiam River, platting the town site in 1872, the same year the community received a post office.

Stayton originally wanted to name the city after his daughter Florence, but after the post office denied the petition because another Oregon city was named Florence, he chose Stayton and named a street after his daughter.

The city was incorporated as the Town of Stayton in 1891 after a failed incorporation attempt in 1884.

A ferry crossing of the Santiam River operated from 1876 until a bridge was constructed in 1888, and the first newspaper, The Stayton Sun, was published in 1889.

Stayton is a regional agricultural and light manufacturing center.

Stayton is served by the North Santiam School District, with Stayton High School, Stayton Middle/Intermediate School, and Stayton Elementary School in the city, along with the private Catholic Regis High School and St. Mary Elementary School.

Santiam Hospital is the city's lone hospital, and Stayton Public Library is one of 18 members of the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service.

Local attractions include Pioneer Park with the Stayton-Jordan Bridge, a covered bridge moved to the park in 1988, destroyed by fire in 1994, and rebuilt and painted white.