SCTC History

The first phone of record in Stayton, Oregon was that of J.M. Kitchen, MD, on August 2, 1901 on the corner of Second and High Streets. His phone number was "23".

On March 8, 1905 the Stayton Mutual Telephone Company was organized to provide telephone service for the town of Stayton.

In 1914 the Stayton Switchboard Association was formed to handle the switching and long distance services for the community.

Prior to the consolidation of the lines in 1955, there were 18 separate associations, mutuals, etc. providing telephone service to the Stayton area. Some of these included; Stayton Mutual, Sublimity Whiteline, Lone Oak Co., Yeonan Line Scio Line, Lambert Whitney Line, West Stayton Line, Fern Ridge Co., Jordan Line, Kingston Line and Sublimity Telephone Company. Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company was incorporated in 1955. This consolidated all of the Stayton area phone service providers into one company.