Editing Burlington Township, New Jersey (section)

== History ==
Burlington was formed as a ''towne'' by the [[West Jersey]] proprietors and was interrelated to Burlington City during its early days. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798 by the [[Township Act of 1798]], enacted by the [[New Jersey Legislature]], as one of the initial group of 104 townships incorporated in New Jersey. Burlington City was reincorporated within the township as of March 14, 1851, at which time a portion of the township was annexed to the city.<ref name="Story">Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 94. Accessed June 18, 2012.</ref> The township's name is a corruption of the English town of [[Bridlington]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=9 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA61 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 61. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed August 28, 2015.</ref>