Burton, Ohio
| Burton, Ohio | |
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| Village | |
Maple sugar cabin in the town square
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| Motto: "Where History Lives" | |
 Location of Burton, Ohio |
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 Location of Burton in Geauga County |
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| Coordinates: 41°28′18″N 81°8′49″W / 41.47167°N 81.14694°WCoordinates: 41°28′18″N 81°8′49″W / 41.47167°N 81.14694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Geauga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thomas Blair Sr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.05 sq mi (2.72 km2) |
| • Land | 1.05 sq mi (2.72 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,316 ft (401 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,455 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,458 |
| • Density | 1,385.7/sq mi (535.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44021 |
| Area code(s) | 440 |
| FIPS code | 39-10436 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1048570 |
| Website | http://www.villageofburton.org |
Burton is a village in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,455 at the 2010 census.
Burton was founded in 1798 and is Geauga County's oldest settlement. Like many other early settlements in the Connecticut Western Reserve, Burton has a town square patterned after the village greens of New England.
In 1972, an incident in Burton lead to a U.S. Supreme Court case. Hugo Zacchini performed a human cannonball act at Burton's annual Geauga County Fair and WEWS-TV recorded and aired the entire act against his wishes and without compensating him, as was required by Ohio law. In Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co., the high court ruled in 1977 that the First Amendment did not shield the broadcaster from liability from common law copyright claims.
Burton is located at 41°28′18″N 81°8′49″W / 41.47167°N 81.14694°W (41.471584, -81.146888).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.05 square miles (2.72 km2), all land.
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