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Welcome to Bryson ...

Bryson is located in Monterey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bryson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Bryson is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bryson lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bryson: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Bryson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bryson - they are located in Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Quebec (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Bryson ...

Junior League:   www.jlmontereycounty.org/

Communities near Bryson ...

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

  • Pleyto ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
  • Bee Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
  • Lockwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Martinus Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Martinus Corner is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinus Corner
  • Jolon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Nacimiento
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • San Simeon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bradley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cambria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • East Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • East Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bryson ...

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

Adding Bryson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bryson 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 (so far) for Bryson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bryson post office opened in 1887. The Bryson post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bryson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Monterey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bryson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Bryson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Bryson area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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