Burlington

History

Burlington was originally laid out one mile west of its present location in 1887 by a man named Lowell in anticipation of the arrival of the railroad. In addition to having the location wrong, Lowell also did not have title to the land. When the railroad did arrive, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it built its depot at the present site of Burlington and those who had built in Old Burlington moved their buildings to the new townsite. The Burlington, Colorado, post office opened on April 29, 1887, and the Town of Burlington was incorporated on January 12, 1888. Burlington, CO is on the Loewen database of possible sundown towns, although Tougaloo College recognizes that it is "surely not" still one.

Geography

Burlington is located on the High Plains in eastern Colorado. At the 2020 United States census, the city had a total area of , all of it land. |source 2 = National Weather Service }}

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Burlington Elementary School
  Elementary · BURLINGTON · 326 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Burlington Middle School
  Middle · BURLINGTON · 219 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Burlington High School
  High · BURLINGTON · 217 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Bethune Public Schools
  Other · BETHUNE · 108 students · 7.7:1 ratio