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Mabton is a city in Yakima County, Washington, located at the eastern edge of the Yakama Indian Reservation, south of the Yakima River near Sunnyside and Grandview.

Mabton owes its existence to the Northern Pacific Railway, which arrived around 1884 and built a water tower and section house on the site; Sam P. Flower built the first store and warehouse in 1892 and became the town's first postmaster.

Mabton was named by Charlie Sandburg, a Swedish railworker, who proposed "Mabletown" in honor of the wife or daughter of a railroad official who had spoken kindly to track workers.

The town of Mabton officially incorporated on November 7, 1905; its motto today is "Building a Better Mabton!"

Mabton had 1,959 residents in the 2020 census, living in 506 households; 94.1 percent of residents were Hispanic or Latino, and according to the 2024 American Community Survey about 77 percent of residents reported speaking Spanish.

Mabton's economy rests on agriculture, especially hop growing and grape growing in the surrounding Yakima Valley.

A ranch near Mabton was the source of the first confirmed case of mad cow disease (BSE) in the United States, announced on December 23, 2003; the infected cow was later traced to Canadian origin.

The Mabton School District has been a repeated beneficiary of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants, and Mabton High School was one of sixteen Washington schools chosen for the Washington State Achievers Program in 2001.

Mabton covers just 0.84 square miles, all of it land, at an elevation of about 719 feet.

Mel Stottlemyre, the longtime New York Yankees pitcher and pitching coach, came from Mabton.