Burtonville, Ohio

Burtonville is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Burtonville was named in the 1840s after Peyton Burton, the proprietor of a local gristmill.[2] Burtonville was never officially platted.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burtonville, Ohio
  2. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 21.
  3. History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. B.F. Bowen. 1915. p. 315.

Coordinates: 39°24′18″N 83°48′52″W / 39.40500°N 83.81444°W / 39.40500; -83.81444


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