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Welcome to Brinegar ...

Brinegar is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brinegar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Brinegar is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Brinegar, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Brinegar: 606

Communities near Brinegar ...

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

  • Morehead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Olive Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandy Hook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Salt Lick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Ault
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ault is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
  • Gates
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gates is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Lawton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawton is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
  • Minor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Minor is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
  • Brady
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brady is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brinegar ...

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

Adding Brinegar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brinegar post office opened in 1894. The Brinegar post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brinegar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brinegar - 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/