RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kentucky >> Boyle County >> BrumfieldIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Kentucky

The Commemorative Quarter for Kentucky





Welcome to Brumfield ...

Although we found mention of Brumfield during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Brumfield was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Brumfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brumfield, please Contact Us.


The location of Brumfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


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

Brumfield is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Brumfield might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Brumfield (for example, toward Russell Springs), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

We believe that Brumfield would be found within the (859) area code.

Communities Also Named Brumfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brumfield - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brumfield.

Communities near Brumfield ...

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

  • Danville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Harrodsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrodsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
    • Harrodsburg is located in Mercer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,544 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrodsburg <4>
  • Lebanon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Lebanon is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,733 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <4>
  • Stanford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Springfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Springfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <4>
  • Junction City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Junction City is located in Boyle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <4>
  • Liberty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Burgin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Perryville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hustonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hustonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustonville
    • Hustonville is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hustonville <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brumfield ...

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

Adding Brumfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Brumfield on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brumfield.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Brumfield and then turned east". While Brumfield could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Brumfield as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Brumfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brumfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024