History · Burlington
Burlington’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Burlington yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
0 old photos & papers
1 historic places
What stands out about Burlington’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Burlington’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burlington’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Burlington came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Burlington.
Read it all → The area was originally known as "Hurd's Ridge," named after the first non-native settler, Tristram Hurd, who arrived in 1824. The town of Burlington was incorporated March 8, 1832.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
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Burlington, decade by decade On the National Register 1 historic place in Burlington The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Old Tavern
All 1 listings National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people Famous people close to Burlington Nobody well known was born in Burlington itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Stories next door
History across the town line
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Burlington? → Who remembers Burlington in the 1950s? → A family story from old Burlington → Does anyone have photos of Burlington from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.