 For the 2010 census the area was split into two CDPs, Malone and Porter, two small towns located just off U.S. Route 12, southeast of Elma and northwest of Oakville, and along a shortline that is part of Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad.Malone is the home of Red's Hop N' Market, a mini-mart that is also the U.S.Postal Service's (USPS) first official village post office, a post office located within an existing retail establishment, with limited service and no full-time postmaster.