Welcome to Brewster ...Brewster is located on Cape Cod Bay. Brewster is located in Barnstable County<1>. Brewster was settled in 1656 and was incorporated in 1803. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Brewster has a population of 9,771 people<2> (see below for details). Brewster is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Brewster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Brewster: 508 & 774<4> The ZIP code for Brewster: 02631<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brewster had an population of 9,771 people. This is a decrease of 0.5% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.2% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Brewster had a population of 9,820 people. This makes Brewster the county's 10th most populous community. The population of Brewster represents 0.15% of the total population of Massachusetts (which has 6,547,629 people), making it the state's 182nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 9,820 people, the population of Brewster decreased 2.71% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,094 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Brewster. Communities Also Named Brewster ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Brewster - they are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brewster. Websites for Brewster ...Official Website: www.town.brewster.ma.us/ Communities near Brewster ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brewster.
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 Brewster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brewster. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brewster. 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 Brewster. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewster. See our Newspapers Page for Brewster. Adding Brewster to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brewster 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 Brewster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brewster. Footnotes ...
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