Welcome to Brenham ...So far, we found very little information about Brenham. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brenham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brenham, please Contact Us. Brenham would have been located within present day Kiowa County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brenham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brenham is 2,190 feet [668 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Brenham is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Brenham was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Brenham was located: 620 Communities Also Named Brenham ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Brenham - they are located in Oregon and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brenham. Communities near Brenham ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brenham.
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 Brenham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brenham. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brenham. 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 Brenham. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brenham. See our Newspapers Page for Brenham. Adding Brenham to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brenham 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 Brenham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brenham. Footnotes ...
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