Burroughs may refer to: * Former spelling of

boroughs A borough is an administrative division in various 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 In the Middle A ...

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 to ...

, 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. In 1986, it merged with Sperry UNIVAC to form Unisys. 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, 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 nov ...

, 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 Bri ...

, an asteroid *

Burroughs School (Conway, South Carolina) Burroughs School, also known as Burroughs Graded School, is a historic school located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina. It was built in three phases between 1905 and 1923. The earliest portion of the building was built as an elementary sc ...

, on the National Register of Historic Places * '' Burroughs: The Movie'', a documentary about William S. Burroughs directed by Howard Brookner

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