History lives thanks to the Burton
Heritage Society!
The Burton Heritage Society was established in March of 1973 by
a group of citizens concerned about preserving and sharing the history of our community. There were 97 charter members. The
first project of the newly formed Society was the cleaning and restoration of the Mt. Zion Cemetery (Often referred to
as McNelly Cemetery). In following years the Society also restored the old Burton Bank building, now the City Hall.
In 1990 the Burton Heritage Society returned the Burton Depot to almost its original location and restored the structure. Our
organization
is still going strong and we
continue to actively maintain and protect the historic Burton Railroad Depot and the Mt. Zion Church and
Cemetery. Both of these sites are VITAL to history. The depot transports
visitors
to 1870 when Burton was a terminal on the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad while the cemetery honors some
of the earliest inhabitants.
