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Welcome to Brewster ...So far, we found very little information about Brewster. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brewster to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brewster, please Contact Us. Brewster would have been located within present day Polk County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Brewster, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Brewster, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brewster is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Brewster was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Brewster once stood is in the (863) area code. Communities Also Named Brewster ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Brewster - they are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brewster. Communities near Brewster ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brewster.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brewster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brewster. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brewster. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brewster. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewster. See our Newspapers Page for Brewster. Adding Brewster to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brewster in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brewster was on a map titled Road Map for Florida (from Shell Oil, 1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Brewster. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Polk County: www.polk-county.net/ The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/ Footnotes ...
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