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Welcome to Bright Star ...

Bright Star is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bright Star, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Bright Star is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Bright Star (for example, toward Fruithurst (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Bright Star: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Bright Star ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Bright Star - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2) and Texas (2).

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

Websites for Bright Star ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.douglascountygeorgia.com/

Junior League:   www.jldouglascounty.org/

Communities near Bright Star ...

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

  • South Fulton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Douglasville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Carrollton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pontevedra
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Union City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Villa Rica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Powder Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Powder Springs Chase
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
    • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
  • College Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bright Star ...

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

Adding Bright Star to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bright Star in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bright Star was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bright Star post office opened in 1876. The Bright Star post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bright Star.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bright Star - 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 Bright Star area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Bright Star 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/