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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Burlington (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Burlington. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Burlington is located in Calhoun County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Barry, Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo & Saint Joseph.

Below are the counties that are near Burlington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burlington:

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Burlington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Tekonsha
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • East Leroy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
    • Joppa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • Athens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Beadle Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Beadle Lake is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beadle Lake
    • Ceresco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
    • Sonoma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Marshall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Leroy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
    • Homer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Homer is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,643 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
    • Battle Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Brownlee Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
  • Barry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Banfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Banfield is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banfield
    • Hickory Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dowling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Dowling is located in Barry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
  • Branch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Union City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hodunk
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Hodunk is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
    • Girard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Girard is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
    • Sherwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherwood is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Trailtree Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
    • Coldwater
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Matteson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Matteson is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
    • Batavia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Quincy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hatmaker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hatmaker is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • Fisher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Fisher is located in Branch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Eaton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Olivet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ainger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Ainger is located in Eaton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Litchfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Mosherville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
    • Jonesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Reading
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
    • Steamburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
    • Moscow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • North Adams
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Camden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Concord
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Devereaux
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Devereaux is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devereaux
    • Hanover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Parma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Arbor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Springport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Horton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Sandstone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sandstone is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
  • Kalamazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Fulton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Climax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Scotts
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Augusta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Galesburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pavillion Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Pavillion Center is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavillion Center
    • Vicksburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Yorkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
    • Comstock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • South Gull Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Gull Lake is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gull Lake
    • Highland Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Park is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Milwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Milwood is located in Kalamazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwood
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Factoryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
    • Leonidas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Colon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Colon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
    • Fairfax
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Findley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Findley is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
    • Mendon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mendon is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <1>
    • Burr Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nottawa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wasepi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
    • Parkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Parkville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Centreville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Fawn River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
  • LaGrange County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Greenfield Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
    • Brighton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brighton is located in LaGrange County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Mongo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Steuben County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Fremont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Fremont is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
    • Orland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Orland is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orland <1>
    • Ray
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
    • Clear Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burlington, see our County-by-County Page for Burlington.

Cemeteries Near Burlington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burlington.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Burlington - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.

  • Burlington Twp. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Windfall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Barrington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Abscota Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • West Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • McFadden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • German Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Clarendon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (323 more) ...
    • Mather Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Walker Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Old Burg Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Burlington had a population of 304 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Burlington had a population of 277 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.

  • Union City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tekonsha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hodunk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hodunk is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
  • Girard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Girard is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
  • Joppa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Joppa is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • East Leroy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Leroy is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leroy
  • Athens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sherwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sherwood is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
  • Pine Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • South Butler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Butler is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
  • Butler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Butler is located in Branch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Clarendon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Clarendon is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Ceresco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
    • Sonoma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sonoma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Factoryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Factoryville is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burlington.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Burlington ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 195 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burlington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Burlington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Burlington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Burlington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Burlington.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Burlington:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Burlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burlington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.