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Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1870.
The Burbank post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Burbank’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Burbank yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Burbank is a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States, along Killbuck Creek. The population was 296 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 207 to 296 (+43%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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 Survey
Born hereKollin Moore is born herePassages that mention Burbank, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Burbank, within this township, was incorporated in 1868, when the name was changed from Bridgeport. Burbank Academy was organized in 1873. The Methodist Episcopal church was the first to be organized in the place. The business factors in the hamlet in 1909 were: M. W. Hower & Son : Will Frary, who is postmaster. George Brothers. R. L. Malcomb, J. E.
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Burbank was incorporated in 1868, when the name was changed from Bridgeport. It contains three churches—the Methodist Episcopal, United Brethren and Evangelical. The first was organized in the beginning of the village, and the second about the same time, aiid the third in 1860. The Burbank Academy was organized in 1873, the present Principal being Professor Rosseter. The following are the village officers since the date of its incorporation : 1869. Councilmen for one year—Amos Idleman, David Ecker, Fred Shreffler, A. Hall, Henry Kerns; Mayor—John Reed; ‘Clerk—G. W. Holloway ; Treasurer—
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Overton, and, entering Wayne township, it intersects a north and south divide from Burbank to Wooster, but continues on across Wayne into Greene township, ending with and marking the head of the island east of Smithville, where the strata, badly crushed and eroded, dips under the bed of the Old Mohican. The north and south divide is a continuance of the divide between the Black and Rocky rivers and passing east of Lodi and Burbank nearly parallels the Killbuck from Burbank to Overton, but here deflects southeast to Wooster, where Wooster Lmiversity stands on a pinnacle of Wa-
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Burbank was incorporated in 1868, when the name was changed from Bridgeport. It contains three churches — the Methodist Episcopal, United Brethren and Evangelical. The first was organized in the beginning of the village, and the second about the same time, and the third in i860. The Burbank Academy was organized in 1873, the present Principal being Professor Rosseter. The following are the village officers since the date of its incorporation : 1869. Councilmen for one year — Amos Idleman, David Ecker, Fred Shreffler, A. Hall, Henry Kerns ; Mayor-^John Reed ; Clerk — G. W. Holloway ; Treasurer —
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 Burbank. 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 Burbank.
Between 207 and 393 people in every census since 1870.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Burbank’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Burbank post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 →
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