From The Indianapolis (Ind.) Star of Jan. 16, 2006:
A small world for Burtons
In Edinburgh, 1 in 20 residents shares name
By Jon Murray
jon.murray@indystar.com
EDINBURGH, Ind. -- Nobody knows just how many Burtons [have populated] this town long defined by factories and fresh starts since it was settled in the 1820s.
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One in every 20 residents in the town of 4,500 is a Burton.
By comparison, Marion County's Burton rate among registered voters is one in 1,287.
A curiosity, to be sure -- and in Johnson County, long the basis for jokes, especially each time a wayward Edinburgh Burton turns up on the police blotter.
"I used to make wisecracks," said Miladean Cox, 54. "But then my daughter married one."
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