Burroughs may refer to: * Former spelling of

boroughs A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

Burroughs, Georgia Burroughs is a populated place established as a town in Chatham County, Georgia by former slaves. In 1906, it was described as a post-village near the Ogeechee River about 12 miles southwest of Savannah. It had a population of 118 in 1900. The ...

, a historically African American community now a neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia *

Burroughs Corporation The Burroughs Corporation was a major American manufacturer of business equipment. The company was founded in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company by William Seward Burroughs I, William Seward Burroughs. The company's history paralleled many ...

, a maker of adding machines and computers *

Burroughs (surname) Burroughs is a surname of French origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its relative frequency was highest in Suffolk (8.9 times the British average), followed by Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Huntingdo ...

, people and fictional characters *

The Burroughs Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has ...

, a district of London *

Burroughs (crater) Burroughs is a large crater on Mars at latitude 72.5S / longitude 243.1W, with a diameter of . The crater is named after Edgar Rice Burroughs, the American science fiction novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often nove ...

, on Mars *

21811 Burroughs Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón B ...

, an asteroid * Burroughs School (Conway, South Carolina), on the National Register of Historic Places * ''Burroughs'' (film), a documentary about William S. Burroughs * Burroughs visa, a type of US visa

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