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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Burleson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Burleson.<1>

Our sources for Burleson (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Burleson other than they indicate that Burleson would be found somewhere in Franklin County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1909.

Communities Also Named Burleson ...

We found one communities that share the name Burleson.

Within Alabama, the name Burleson is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Burleson in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burleson [Johnson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burleson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Burleson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Burleson - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Franklin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Franklin County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/