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Welcome to Brian ...

Brian is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.

Brian is located in Dunklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brian, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Brian is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brian: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Brian ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brian - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Communities near Brian ...

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

  • Dexter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Malden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Piggott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bernie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clarkton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
  • Gideon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Parma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Parma is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
  • Holcomb
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Qulin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Qulin is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brian ...

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

Adding Brian to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brian 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 Brian was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brian post office opened in 1910. The Brian post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brian.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dunklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brian - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Brian area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Brian area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/