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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Burton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Burton in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Burton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Burton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Burton:
Services available in 1895: 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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Burton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Burton. See our Misc Page for Burton for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/