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Welcome to Brightside ...

So far, we found very little information about Brightside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

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

Brightside would have been located within present day Baltimore County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brightside is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Brightside was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Brightside was located: 410, 443 & 667<4>

Communities Also Named Brightside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Brightside - they are located in California, Massachusetts, New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Brightside ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brightside, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Brightside ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bel Air
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <5>
  • Hampstead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Sykesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Charles Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Charles Village is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Village
  • Colonial Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Cowpen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cowpen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpen
  • Gwynn Oak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hampton is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • Howardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Howardsville is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville

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

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

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

Adding Brightside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brightside in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Brightside was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brightside.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brightside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Baltimore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brightside - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Brightside area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Brightside area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.