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Welcome to Brittain ...So far, we found very little information about Brittain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brittain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brittain, please Contact Us. Brittain would have been located within present day Taylor County<2>. The location of Brittain has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Brittain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brittain is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Brittain was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Brittain would have been located in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Brittain ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Brittain - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brittain. Communities near Brittain ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brittain.
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 Brittain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brittain. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brittain. 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 Brittain. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brittain. See our Newspapers Page for Brittain. Adding Brittain to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brittain in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brittain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Brittain in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Brittain. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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