Burlingham is an

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in northern Bedford Township, Meigs County,

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, United States named for the area's first postmaster. Burlingham allegedly received the nickname of "Bungtown" in the late 1800 when the local women became upset with their husbands for spending too much time at the local saloon and knocked all of the

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s out of the

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s. The escaping

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was then used to burn down the saloon. Bungtown Salsa Promotional Material. Burlingham's nickname lends its name to the Bungtown Salsa Company, which is located in nearby

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. The

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also gets recognition in the company's Fatalii Saloon Burner

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References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Ohio Geography of Meigs County, Ohio