Burlington, Fulton County, Ohio

Burlington is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

For the census-designated place in Lawrence County, see Burlington, Ohio.

History

Burlington was laid out in 1839.[2] A post office was moved from nearby Elmira to Burlington about 1850 but the name of the post office was not changed.[3] The "Elmira" post office closed in 1957.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burlington, Fulton County, Ohio
  2. Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 288.
  3. Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 291.
  4. "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 15 September 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2016.



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