Do you know of Brayfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brayfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brayfield.<1>

Our sources for Brayfield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brayfield other than they indicate that Brayfield would be found somewhere in Franklin County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Brayfield ...

We found one communities that share the name Brayfield.

Within Illinois, the name Brayfield is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Brayfield in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Ohio
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brayfield [Lawrence County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brayfield ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brayfield:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brayfield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Franklin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Franklin County.