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Welcome to Brentwood ...

Brentwood is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brentwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Brentwood is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brentwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brentwood: 479

Communities Also Named Brentwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 52 communities that are also named Brentwood - they are located in Alabama (5), California (2), Florida (4), Georgia (4), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky (2), Maryland (2), Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (6) and Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Brentwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brentwood ...

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

Adding Brentwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brentwood 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 Brentwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brentwood post office opened in 1881.

We also found Brentwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brentwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brentwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/