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Welcome to Broad ...

Broad is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Broad, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Broad is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Broad: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Broad ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Broad - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Broad ...

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

  • Elberton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Calhoun Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincolnton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Hesters Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
  • Bowman Ferry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
  • Tignall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Silk Mills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
  • Carlton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Broad ...

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

Adding Broad to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Broad post office opened in 1880. The Broad post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Broad.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Wilkes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Broad - 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Broad area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Broad 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/