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Welcome to Brush Creek ...

Brush Creek is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Brush Creek is located in Laclede County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brush Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Brush Creek: Brush Crk. (or less commonly used: Brush Ck. or Brush Cr.)

Brush Creek is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Brush Creek: 417

Communities Also Named Brush Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Brush Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Brush Creek ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Conway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Niangua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Stoutland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Phillipsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Twin Bridges
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
  • Evergreen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Evergreen has also been known as:
    • Evergreen village
  • Oakland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pease
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Lane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brush Creek ...

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

Adding Brush Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brush Creek post office opened in 1852. The Brush Creek post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brush Creek.

Footnotes ...

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