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Welcome to Brea ...The city of Brea is located in Orange County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. The city was incorporated February 23, 1917. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Brea has a population of 44,514 people<2> (see below for details). Brea is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Brea lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Brea: (714) & (657)<4> The ZIP codes for Brea: 92821-92823<5> Websites for Brea ...Official Website: www.ci.brea.ca.us/ Junior League: www.jlocc.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brea had an population of 44,514 people. This is an increase of 13.32% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 25.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Brea had a population of 39,282 people. This makes Brea the county's 24th most populous community. The population of Brea represents 0.11% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 199th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 39,282 people, the population of Brea increased 10.93% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 35,410 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Brea. Communities near Brea ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brea.
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 Brea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brea. 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 Brea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brea. See our Newspapers Page for Brea. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brea ...Looking for more information about Brea? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Brea, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Brea. Adding Brea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brea 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 Brea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Brea on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Brea. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Brea: www.ci.brea.ca.us/ The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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