Crabtree is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States.

[5] Crabtree lies off Oregon Route 226 about 10 miles (16 km) east of Albany.

[6] He wintered in the Tualatin Plains, then bought the William Packwood Donation Land Claim east of the forks of the Santiam River in the spring in 1846.

In 1913, prominent Crabtree resident William Turnidge built a hardware store on the site of a former cream station which was sold to Sillman Wirt in June 1917.

In 1973, OR-226 was rerouted when a new bridge was built over the South Santiam River and bypassed Crabtree.