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Welcome to Briar Glen ...

Briar Glen is located in DeKalb County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Briar Glen: Briar Gln.

Briar Glen is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briar Glen: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Briar Glen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Briar Glen - it's located in Texas.

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

Websites for Briar Glen ...

Junior League:   www.jldekalb.org/

Communities near Briar Glen ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Stonecrest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Dunwoody West
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
    • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
  • Peachtree Corners
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Milstead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • 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 north)
  • East Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Chamblee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Stockbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briar Glen ...

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

Footnotes ...

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