Welcome to West Brewster ...
West Brewster is located in Barnstable County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of West Brewster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.
A typical abbreviation for West Brewster: W. Brewster
West Brewster is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: West Brewster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for West Brewster: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near West Brewster ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Brewster.
- Barnstable
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnstable. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
- Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
- Barnstable has also been known as:
- Barnstable Village
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Barnstable
- From West Brewster to Barnstable
- Barnstable Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnstable Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Yarmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yarmouth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
- Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Yarmouth
- From West Brewster to Yarmouth
- Sandwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Dennis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Harwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Eastham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Wellfleet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellfleet
- Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wellfleet
- From West Brewster to Wellfleet
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 West Brewster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Brewster.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West 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 West Brewster.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Brewster. See our Newspapers Page for West Brewster.
Adding West Brewster to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of West 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 for West Brewster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the West Brewster post office opened in 1826.
We also found West Brewster in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for West Brewster.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Brewster. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barnstable County: www.barnstablecounty.org/
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Brewster - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the West Brewster area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the West Brewster area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |