Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Old Tavern. Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1840.
Burlington dates its founding to 1832 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1840.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burlington’s history is told.
Peaked at 578 in 1860; 373 people lived here in 2020.
19 censuses, 1840–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Burlington’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Burlington.
The area was originally known as "Hurd's Ridge," named after the first non-native settler, Tristram Hurd, who arrived in 1824. The town of Burlington was incorporated March 8, 1832.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Burlington, cut from the printed page as they were published.
East Lowell post office, established in recent years near the foot of the long, narrow pond on Eskutassis Stream, two miles above the south town line. Hence runs the stage-road into Burlington, turnmg sharply northeastward a little way across the line at Burlington post-office. Hence also runs a road southwesterly to Lowell postoffice, and then southerly into Township No. i, a branch also going to the same southwest along the other side of
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The southwestern quarter of Burlington is remarkably well settled for a town so far in the interior. Burlington village and post-office are in this region, near the crossroads half a mile from the west town line, and a little more than two miles from the south line. They are at the terminus of the stage line from Burlington to Olemon, on the European & North American Railway, which supplies the town with its only public facilities of
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The southwestern quarter of Burlington is remarkably well settled for a town so far in the interior. Burlington village and post-office are in this region, near the crossroads half a mile from the west town line, and a little more than two miles from the south line. They are at the terminus of the stage line from Burlington to demon, on the European & North American Railway, which supplies the town with its only public facilities of
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
road in Lowell, running thence to Olemon Station, is reached more directly from Burlington post-office by a west road to East Lowell; and this is the stage route. The other roads of the town are mostly short "plug" road's from the great north and south highway, accommodating neighborhoods and isolated settlements.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Burlington. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Burlington.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Burlington itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Burlington’s post office has been open since 1838. Another post office, Hurd's Ridge, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1832, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Burlington’s post office opened in 1833, and the census of 1840 counted 350 people here.
One place: the Old Tavern (listed 1986).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
2006
