Welcome to Brush ...The city of Brush is located in Morgan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brush, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. The city was incorporated November 24, 1884. From Place Names in Colorado,<2> the origin of Brush is described as "Named for Jared L. Brush, pioneer cattleman." From the Census Estimates for 2019, Brush has a population of 5,428 people<3> (see below for details). Brush is 4,230 feet [1,289 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Brush is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Brush lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Brush: 970 & 748<5> The ZIP code for Brush: 80723<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brush had an population of 5,428 people. This is a decrease of 0.64% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 6.08% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Brush had a population of 5,463 people (which is 19.34% of the total population of Morgan County). This makes Brush the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Brush represents 0.11% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 70th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,463 people, the population of Brush increased 6.76% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,117 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Brush. Communities Also Named Brush ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Brush - they are located in California, Iowa and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brush. Websites for Brush ...Official Website: www.brushcolo.com/ Communities near Brush ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brush.
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 Brush. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brush. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brush. 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 Brush. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brush. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Brush. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brush ...Looking for more information about Brush? 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 Brush, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Brush. Adding Brush to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brush 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 Brush was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brush. Footnotes ...
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