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Welcome to Briergate ...

Briergate is located in Lake County<1>.

Briergate is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briergate: 847 & 224<3>

Communities near Briergate ...

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

  • Waukegan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Arlington Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Evanston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Palatine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Skokie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Des Plaines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mount Prospect
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briergate ...

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

Adding Briergate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Briergate 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 Briergate was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briergate.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briergate - 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 847 code has been Overlayed with the 224 area code. New phone numbers in the Briergate area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Briergate 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.