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Burlington is a small village in Kane County, Illinois, at the crossroads of Plank Road and Burlington Road, about halfway between Elgin and Sycamore.

Andrew Pingree platted Burlington in 1851 along the Illinois Central Railroad line, and a post office has operated under the Burlington name since 1865.

Burlington was a dairy town in its early days, with three cheese factories by 1878; the last dairy plant closed in the 1970s.

Although it dates to 1851, Burlington did not incorporate as a village until November 6, 1990, when residents voted to incorporate, alongside nearby Lily Lake and Virgil, to gain control over plastic manufacturing and chemical dumping in the area.

The 2020 census counted 535 residents in Burlington, down from a peak of 618 in 2010, and Census Bureau surveys estimate roughly 185 households.

Burlington spreads its tiny population across 6.86 square miles of farmland, a density of only about 78 people per square mile, surrounded by horse ranches and cornfields.

This village of a few hundred people hosts an entire school district's campus: Central High School, Central Middle School, and Howard B. Thomas Grade School of Central Community Unit School District 301.

From 1910 to 2019, Burlington held an annual fall festival during the first week of September.