Burlingame, Kansas
Burlingame is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. In 2010,934 people lived there.
History
Burlingame was originally created as Council City and was an stop on the Santa Fe Trail. The Council City post office was opened on April 30,1855. The city and post office name was changed from Council City to Burlingame on January 30,1858. It was named after Anson Burlingame.
During the American Civil War the townspeople built a stone fort in the middle of the town. Burlingame' s Fort was torn down after the war.
Geography
Burlingame is on U. S. Route 56, about south of Topeka. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of. All of it is land.
Climate
Burlingame has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Koppen Climate Classification system says that Burlingame has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated" Cfa" on climate maps.
People
Burlingame is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
2010 census
The 2010 census says that there were 934 people, 404 households, and 250 families living in Burlingame.
Famous people
Maurice Mehl (1887-1966), paleontologist, was born in Burlingame, Kansas
Victor Murdock (1871-1945), U. S. Representative from Kansas, Progressive Party presidential nominee, 1916.
Carla Provost (b. 1970), chief of the Border Patrol
Kenny Starr (b. 1952), Country and Western singer
Earl Sutherland, Jr. (1915-1974), winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.
Ron Thornburgh (b. 1962), former Kansas Secretary of State (1994-2010).
Muriel Window (1892-1965), vaudeville star, Ziegfeld girl, pilot, businesswoman, born in Burlingame
References
Other websites
City
City of Burlingame
Burlingame - Directory of Public Officials
Schools
USD 454, local school district
Newspaper
The Osage County Herald-Chronicle
Historical
Early Burlingame History
Maps
Burlingame City Map, KDOT
Cities in Osage County, Kansas
1855 establishments in Kansas Territory