THE GASTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Terraces setting.
Gaston city has 0.34 square miles of land in Washington County, Yamhill County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Terraces, within Willamette Valley.
The Willamette River's floodplains and terraces sit among low hills and scattered buttes. The valley's prairie, oak and riparian landscape differs markedly from the conifer-covered mountains around it.
Regional context: Willamette Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Gaston intersects 2 county geographies: Washington County, Yamhill County. A Gaston mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Gaston by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Gaston, or 0% of its total area. It is 2.4 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Oregon. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gaston city has 45.6% of the land area of nearby Dilley CDP (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

