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Welcome to Brandington Forest ...

Brandington Forest is located in Gwinnett County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Brandington Forest: Brandington Frst.

Brandington Forest is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brandington Forest: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Websites for Brandington Forest ...

Junior League:   www.jlgnf.org/

Communities near Brandington Forest ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Johns Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Stonecrest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Peachtree Corners
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Milstead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
    • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
  • Tucker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Chamblee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockbridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandington Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Gwinnett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brandington Forest - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Brandington Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Brandington Forest 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.