Map of Burton village, Ohio

Burton is a village in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,407 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Burton is the location of Century Village, run by the Geauga Historical Society. The museum village is composed of 19th-century buildings moved there from other locations. Many special events are held there each year, as well as at the Geauga County Fairgrounds, also in Burton.

Burton village overview:
Name:	Burton village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Geauga County
Elevation:	1,316 ft (401 m)
Total Area:	1.11 sq mi (2.89 km²)
Land Area:	1.11 sq mi (2.88 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	1,407
Population Density:	1,265.29/sq mi (488.61/km²)
ZIP code:	44021
Area code:	440
FIPS code:	3910436
GNISfeature ID:	1048570
Website:	http://www.villageofburton.org

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History

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.

A historical marker is placed at 41° 28.25′ N, 81° 8.692′ W indicating the location for the first telephone station in the state of Ohio (1877).