"This township (Claridon) was formerly incorporated with Burton, but has gained the local name of Canton, In 1817 it was incorporated as Burlington township, and included No.8, eighth range, now known as Munson. On the first Monday of April, the same year, the election for township officers was held at the house of Deacon A. Kellogg, and resulted in the election of Ralph Cowles, as township clerk; Asa Cowles, Allen Humphrey, and Reuben Hall, trustees: Horace Taylor an Timothy Wells, overseers of the poor; Benjamin Andrews and Aranda Kellogg, fence viewers; Truman Pitkin, lister and appraiser; Isaac Hoff, John Ransom, Martin Bushnell, Ozi Blakeslee, Ebenezer Wells, Simon Root, and Samuel Hopson, supervisors; Ozi Blakeslee, justice of the peace.
In the sprint of 1819 a post-office was established in this township under the name of Claridon, to avoid the difficulty of miscarriage of mail matter, as there was another Burlington post-office in the State. In the winter of 1819-20 the name of the township was change to Claridon." History of Geauga County, Ohio
|
