Burlington, Linn County, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Burlington is an unincorporated historic community Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It was located about a mile downriver from Peoria.[2]

## History

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The town began with a ferry across the Willamette River run by John Smith, and a store owned by John Donald.[2] James Freeman platted the townsite in 1853, at which time it had two houses, two stores, a blacksmith shop, and the ferry.[2] The river silted up and made the boat landings inaccessible so the town's population soon dwindled.[2][3] Some of the buildings were moved to Peoria.[2] Burlington post office was established in 1855 and ran until 1857 when it was renamed Peoria and likely moved to the other town.[2] Burlington was located on the Donation Land Claim of James Martin who came to Oregon from Little York, Illinois.[2] A family tradition among Martin's descendants holds that Burlington was named after Burlington, Iowa, the nearest market town to Little York.[2] Today Burlington, Oregon is considered a ghost town.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Historic ferries of Oregon

## References

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1. ^ "Burlington (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 127\. ISBN 978-0875952772.
3. ^ "Historical scrapbook". The Times. March 10, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

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Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Albany

Cities|

* Albany‡
* Brownsville
* Gates‡
* Halsey
* Harrisburg
* Idanha‡
* Lebanon
* Lyons
* Mill City‡
* Millersburg
* Scio
* Sodaville
* Sweet Home
* Tangent
* Waterloo

Linn County map

CDPs|

* Cascadia
* Crabtree
* Crawfordsville
* Holley
* Lacomb
* Peoria
* Shedd
* South Lebanon
* West Scio

Other
communities|

* Foster
* Jordan
* Kingston
* Marion Forks
* Riverside
* Santiam Junction

Ghost towns|

* Burlington
* Orleans
* Rowland
* Shelburn
* Tallman
* Thomas

Indian reservation|

* Warm Springs Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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