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Welcome to Brief ...

Brief is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brief, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Brief is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brief lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Brief: 704 & 980<3>

Websites for Brief ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountycoc.com/

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

Communities near Brief ...

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

  • Charlotte
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Concord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Indian Trail
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Matthews
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mint Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Harrisburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stallings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Weddington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wesley Chapel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brief ...

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

Adding Brief to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brief post office opened in 1892. The Brief post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brief.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brief - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Brief area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Brief 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/