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Welcome to Brawley ...

Brawley is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Brawley is located in Oregon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brawley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Brawley is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brawley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brawley: 417

Communities Also Named Brawley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Brawley - they are located in Arkansas and California.

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

Communities near Brawley ...

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

  • Winona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Alton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Van Buren
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Birch Tree
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eminence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fremont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fremont is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Woodside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodside is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Thomasville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Bardley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bardley is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
  • Chicopee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chicopee is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brawley ...

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

Adding Brawley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brawley post office opened in 1890. The Brawley post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brawley.

Footnotes ...

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