Name: Burlington

 

County: Big Horn

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1082556W

Latitude: 442650N

 

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Elevation: 4432/1351

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named, in 1887, in honor of Walter Burlington. Burlington was established in 1887 when a handful of settlers came over the mountain from Utah. 

Source: WPA

 

When the first Mormon families came to the Greybull valley they settled in a bend in the river that came to be called Mormon Bend. The location for a townsite was selected some seven miles east of that place. Thomas W. Jones, who came with his father's family in 1893, tells how Burlington came to be named. "I remember the day well, although I was only ten years old. The men were sitting around on some logs in the shade of the trees. There were several suggestions as to what to call the town and finally old man Martin Black suggested they call the town Burlington after an old Burlington railroad survey that had been run up through the valley before that." 

Source: Wasden 

 

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History:

Burlington Post Office was established on February 23, 1895 with Richard L. Preator as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A growing town in Big Horn County, 20 miles northwest from Basin. Located in a beautiful valley. Stockraising and farming the principal industries.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Burlington

 

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