Welcome to Burton ...

So far, we found very little information about Burton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Burton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Burton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Burton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Burton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Rabun County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Time Zone: The area where Burton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Burton was located: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Burton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Burton - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burton.

Adding Burton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Burton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Burton post office opened in 1875.

We also found Burton on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Burton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Rabun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Burton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Burton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/