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Welcome to Briar Bluff ...

Briar Bluff is located in Henry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briar Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Briar Bluff: Briar Blf. (or less commonly used: Briar Bluf.)

Briar Bluff is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Briar Bluff ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briar Bluff ...

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

Adding Briar Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Briar Bluff post office opened in 1872.

We also found Briar Bluff in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briar Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Henry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briar Bluff - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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