Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Burlington, KS

Burlington is the county seat and largest city of Coffey County in east-central Kansas, located on the Neosho River along U.S. Highway 75.

Burlington was founded in 1857 by the Burlington Town Company, organized in Lawrence the previous fall, and named for Burlington, Vermont, the native home of its principal promoter, Oscar E. Learnard.

Burlington became the Coffey County seat in 1865 after the seat had bounced between Burlington, LeRoy and Hampden in the county's first years, and the city incorporated in 1870.

The first post office in Burlington was established in 1858, transferred from the now-extinct town of Hampden, and the county's first steam sawmill was built in Burlington that same founding era.

Just northeast of Burlington stands the Wolf Creek Generating Station, the only nuclear power plant in Kansas, which has generated electricity since 1985.

Wolf Creek's cooling reservoir, Coffey County Lake, was opened to the public for fishing in 1996 and also hosts the Wolf Creek Environmental Education Area.

Burlington's population peaked at 2,901 in the 1980 census, swollen by workers building Wolf Creek between 1977 and 1985; the 2020 census counted 2,634 residents in 1,136 households.

The John Redmond Reservoir, built northwest of Burlington between 1960 and 1965 for flood control on the Neosho River, transformed the community from a purely agricultural town into one pursuing recreation and industry.

Burlington is served by Burlington USD 244, with Burlington High School, Middle School and Elementary School, and Allen County Community College offers classes at the high school for both adults and dual-credit students.

The historic Burlington Carnegie Free Library building still stands in town, though library services are now provided by the Burlington branch of the Coffey County Library.