Welcome to Brabant ...

Brabant is located in Wayne County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brabant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

Brabant is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you leave Brabant and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Telephone area codes for Brabant: (304) & (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Brabant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brabant - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brabant.

Communities near Brabant ...

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

• Louisa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Louisa is located in Lawrence County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <5>
• Wayne
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Wayne is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,559 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayne <5>
• Chapmanville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmanville
  • Chapmanville is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapmanville <5>
• Hamlin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlin <5>
• West Hamlin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
  • West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
• Fort Gay
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
  • Fort Gay is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
• Kermit
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
  • Kermit is located in Mingo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <5>
• Warfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
  • Warfield is located in Martin County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warfield <5>
• Nestlow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestlow
  • Nestlow is located in Wayne County
• Armilda
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armilda
  • Armilda is located in Wayne County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brabant ...

Looking for more information about Brabant? 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 Brabant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brabant.

Adding Brabant to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brabant post office opened in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brabant.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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