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Welcome to Brushy ...

Brushy is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brushy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Brushy is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brushy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brushy: 515

Communities Also Named Brushy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Brushy - they are located in Arkansas (2), Georgia, Kentucky (2), Oklahoma and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Brushy ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brushy ...

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

Adding Brushy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brushy 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 Brushy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brushy post office opened in 1887. The Brushy post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brushy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brushy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/