Welcome to Brandon ...Brandon is located in Kiowa County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Brandon is 3,920 feet [1,195 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Brandon is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Brandon lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Brandon and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Brandon: 719 Communities Also Named Brandon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Brandon - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brandon. Communities near Brandon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brandon.
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 Brandon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brandon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brandon. 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 Brandon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandon. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Brandon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandon ...Looking for more information about Brandon? 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 Brandon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brandon. Adding Brandon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brandon 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 Brandon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandon. Footnotes ...
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