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Welcome to Brushart ...

Brushart is located in Greenup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brushart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Brushart is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Brushart: 606

Communities near Brushart ...

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

  • Portsmouth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Flatwoods
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Grayson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Raceland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • New Boston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Olive Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Worthington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Worthington is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
  • Vanceburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenup
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • South Shore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brushart ...

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

Adding Brushart to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brushart post office opened in 1893. The Brushart post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brushart.

Footnotes ...

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