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Burlington, California

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History
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Burlington (formerly, Tighe and Green's Camp^[1]) is a locality^[1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located {{convert|1|mi|km}} southeast of Weott,^[1] at an elevation of {{convert|177|ft|m}}.^[2]

History

The name of Burlington uses a combination of the San Francisco peninsula communities of Atherton and Burlingame. L. L. Chapman, a Stanford graduate and businessman who had extensive business ties to the region, sought to make the region affluent, hence the name.^[3]

References

1. ^¹²{{cite book |last= Durham |first= David L. |title= California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State |year= 1998 |publisher= Quill Driver Books |isbn= 978-1-884995-14-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC |page= 30}}
2. ^{{GNIS|1658175|Burlington}}
3. ^{{Cite book|title = Place Names of Humboldt County, California: A Compendium 1542-2009|last = Turner|first = Dennis W.|publisher = Dennis W. & Gloria H. Turner|year = 2010|isbn = 978-0-9629617-2-4|location = Orangevale, CA|pages = 43|last2 = Turner|first2 = Gloria H.}}

1 : Former settlements in Humboldt County, California

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