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Welcome to Brush Point ...

So far, we found very little information about Brush Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brush Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brush Point, please Contact Us.

Brush Point would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brush Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Time Zone: The area where Brush Point was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Brush Point was located: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Brush Point ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Brush Point to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Brush Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brush Point post office opened in 1854. The Brush Point post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brush Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brush Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Brush Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Brush Point 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/