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Welcome to Brandenburg Station ...

Brandenburg Station is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandenburg Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Brandenburg Station: Brandenburg Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Brandenburg Station is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brandenburg Station lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Brandenburg Station (for example, toward Clarkson), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Brandenburg Station: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Brandenburg Station ...

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

  • Radcliff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Vine Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Corydon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Corydon is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,181 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <4>
  • Irvington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Muldraugh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • West Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Leavenworth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabeth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ekron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • New Middletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandenburg Station ...

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

Adding Brandenburg Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brandenburg Station 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 Brandenburg Station was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandenburg Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brandenburg Station - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Brandenburg Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Brandenburg Station 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.