Burton, Ohio-First Permanent Settlement in Geauga County
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Burton, Ohio is Geauga Counties very first peremanent settlement.
Waymark Code: WM4TRN
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2008
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In 1796, surveyors for the Connecticut Land Company designated an area five miles square surrounding this place as Range 7, Township 7 of the Connecticut Western Reserve. A landowner's expedition on June 15, 1798, arrived at the northwest corner of the township. One of its members, Thomas Umberfield (Umberville) brought his family to the center of the township (now Burton Village) on June 21, 1798. Here they built the first home, a simple log cabin located southwest of the spring at the end of Spring Street. The owner of the largest parcel of land in the township, Titus Street, was given the honor of naming the township. He named it after his son, Burton.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 06/15/1798
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