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Welcome to Brightshade ...

Brightshade is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brightshade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Brightshade is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Brightshade: 606

Communities near Brightshade ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brightshade ...

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

Adding Brightshade to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brightshade 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 Brightshade was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brightshade post office opened in 1883. The Brightshade post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brightshade.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brightshade - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/