Welcome to Brentland ...

Brentland is located in Charles County<1>.

The location of Brentland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brentland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

Brentland is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Brentland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Brentland: (301) and (240)<4>

Websites for Brentland ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brentland, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Brentland ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brentland.

• La Plata
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • La Plata is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <5>
• Dumfries
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
  • Dumfries is located in Prince William County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,106 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <5>
• Indian Head
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Indian Head is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Head <5>
• Colonial Beach
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Beach <5>
• Occoquan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Occoquan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occoquan
  • Occoquan is located in Fairfax County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Occoquan <5>
• Quantico
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quantico have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quantico
  • Quantico is located in Prince William County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quantico <5>
• Port Tobacco Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Tobacco Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
  • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
• Ironsides
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironsides have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides
  • Ironsides is located in Charles County
• Lyons Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corner
  • Lyons Corner is located in Charles County
• Newburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
  • Newburg is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburg <5>

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 Brentland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brentland.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brentland. 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 Brentland.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brentland. See our Newspapers Page for Brentland.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brentland ...

Looking for more information about Brentland? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brentland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brentland.

Adding Brentland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brentland 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 Brentland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brentland post office opened in 1882.

We also found Brentland on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brentland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brentland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charles County: www.charlescounty.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/