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Welcome to Briensburg ...

Briensburg is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briensburg, 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.

Briensburg is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briensburg: 270 & 364<3>

Websites for Briensburg ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallcounty.net/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Briensburg, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Briensburg ...

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

  • Benton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eddyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvert City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Kuttawa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Grand Rivers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Hamletsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Dycusburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
  • Dogtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dogtown is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briensburg ...

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

Adding Briensburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briensburg.

Footnotes ...

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