Do you know of East Burlington ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about East Burlington. 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 East Burlington.<1>
Our sources for East Burlington (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 East Burlington other than they indicate that East Burlington would be found somewhere in Kane County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1865 and closed in 1900.
Communities Also Named East Burlington ...
We found one communities that share the name East Burlington.
Within Illinois, the name East Burlington is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named East Burlington in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of East Burlington [Burlington County].
- New Jersey
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Burlington ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Burlington:
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 East Burlington - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Kane 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 Kane 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/ |