Grenville M. Dodge, representing the railroad, purchased land for the depot and a town surrounding it from Rev.

The Burleson Post Office opened in 1882, inside a retail establishment, as was common for small towns at the time.

One of the Katy workers, J. C. Jones, had stayed in Burleson and opened a water works for the town, drilling a deep well that provided dozens of hydrants for the residents, but they were not sufficient to extinguish the fire.

[citation needed] In 1909 the Texas Legislature passed a bill forming the Burleson Independent School District.

Construction began in 1912 of the Northern Texas Traction Company interurban line between Fort Worth and Cleburne, with Burleson as a stop along the way.

The interurban line provided for the first time two very important things to Burleson: easy access to Fort Worth and Cleburne, and electricity.

Due to the increasing popularity of automobiles, combined with the Great Depression, the interurban line closed in 1931.

Texas State Highway 174 begins at I-35W in the northern part of Burleson and runs southwest 15 miles (24 km) to Cleburne, the Johnson county seat.

The Burleson Higher Education Center provides a local campus for Hill College and Texas Tech University.

Fort Worth Spinks Airport is located on the northern edge of the Burleson city limits.