New Burlington, Clinton County, Ohio

New Burlington is a former town located in Chester Township in the northwestern corner of Clinton County, Ohio, off Ohio State Route 380. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1] It was acquired by the United States federal government when Caesar Creek was dammed and a reservoir created in the 1970s.^{[citation needed]}

New Burlington was laid out in 1833, and named after Burlington, North Carolina, the native home of a share of the first settlers.^[2] A post office called New Burlington was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1971.^[3] New Burlington was a "station" on the Underground Railroad.^[4]

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  Site of New Burlington (1803–1971) located on Ohio State Route 380
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  Headstone of Lawrence E. & Ethel Compton Mitchner located in New Burlington Cemetery
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  Grave of Lawrence E. Mitchner, the last remaining resident of New Burlington

• Baskin, John (1976). New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-08366-7.

39°33′43″N 83°57′56″W / 39.56194°N 83.96556°W / 39.56194; -83.96556

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