Alderton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

Salmon are the most significant food source and are held in reverence and incorporated into the traditional ceremony.

The Naches Trail, which led many early emigrants to Pierce County, passed through Alderton and McMillin along the Military Road.

Homesteaders cleared the land and created subsistence farms which typically included fields where oats, rye, and barley, potatoes, peas, or other vegetables were planted, and pasture for livestock, and orchards with a variety of fruit trees were established.

[4] The vacant brick gymnasium and school building were built in 1915, visible along Military Road (Washington Route 162 at its junction with North 96th Street East.