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Welcome to Brewer ...

Brewer is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brewer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Brewer is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brewer: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Brewer ...

While we believe that this Brewer is located in Clarke County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Brewer. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lee and Perry County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 17 communities that are also named Brewer - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan and Texas.

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

Communities near Brewer ...

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

  • Quitman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonewall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonewall is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Shubuta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shubuta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Pachuta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Gilbertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Toxey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Needham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Gin ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gin is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
  • De Soto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • De Soto is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brewer ...

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

Adding Brewer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brewer post office opened in 1904. The Brewer post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brewer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brewer - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Brewer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Brewer 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/