Welcome to Brandywine ...

Brandywine is located in New Castle County<1>.

The location of Brandywine has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandywine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Brandywine is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Brandywine lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Brandywine lies within the (302) area code.

Communities Also Named Brandywine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Brandywine - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Brandywine ...

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

• Wilmington
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
• Newark
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
• Chester
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• West Chester
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Coatesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <4>
• Yeadon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Darby
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
• Lansdowne
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>
• Collingdale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingdale
  • Collingdale is located in Delaware County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collingdale <4>
• Downingtown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downingtown
  • Downingtown is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downingtown <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandywine ...

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

Adding Brandywine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brandywine post office opened in 1892.

We also found Brandywine on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Delaware (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandywine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brandywine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for New Castle County: www.co.new-castle.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/