Welcome to Brightwood ...

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

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

Brightwood would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

The location of Brightwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brightwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brightwood is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Brightwood was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Brightwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Brightwood - they are located in Maryland (3), Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Brightwood ...

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

• Indianapolis
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
  • Indianapolis is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 877,903 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indianapolis <5>
• Carmel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
  • Carmel is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <5>
• Fishers
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
  • Fishers is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 97,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishers <5>
• Noblesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noblesville
  • Noblesville is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noblesville <5>
• Greenwood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Lawrence
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
  • Lawrence is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <5>
• Westfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Westfield is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <5>
• Plainfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,275 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <5>
• Zionsville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zionsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionsville
  • Zionsville is located in Boone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,340 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zionsville <5>
• Brownsburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsburg
  • Brownsburg is located in Hendricks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsburg <5>

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

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

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

Adding Brightwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brightwood 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 Brightwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brightwood post office opened in 1875.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brightwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov