Burlington, Indiana
town in Indiana, United States
Burlington is a town in Burlington Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Burlington had a population of 517. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. State Road 22 connects it to Kokomo.
History
Burlington was laid out in 1832 by David Stipp, an employee of the United States General Land Office in Crawfordsville, Indiana, about a year after settlers first appeared in the area. Stipp donated land for the town's first school house. The town was incorporated in 1967. It is named for Wyandot Chief Burlington. In 1830, work began on the Michigan Road which passed directly through the center of town. The road, which became Indiana's first superhighway, connected Madison, Indiana and Michigan City, Indiana turning the town into a major thoroughfare.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2014557. VIAF identifies the subject as 140854882. The Library of Congress control number is n91018837. Authority coordinates are 40.481, -86.394. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1832, 1967 and 1830.
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