Editing Burlington, Kansas (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
Burlington was founded in 1857.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n271 164]}}</ref> It was named after [[Burlington, Vermont]], the native home of one of its founders.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n253 257]}}</ref>

The first post office in Burlington was established in 1858, when it was removed from the now extinct town of Hampden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CF |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828–1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009123958/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACF |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

The population increased significantly as [[Wolf Creek Generating Station]] was constructed from 1977 to 1985.