Welcome to Brier Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Brier Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brier Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brier Creek, please Contact Us. Brier Creek would have been located within present day Wilkes County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brier Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. A typical abbreviation for Brier Creek: Brier Crk. (or less commonly used: Brier Ck. or Brier Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Brier Creek is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Brier Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Brier Creek was located: 336 & 743<4> Communities Also Named Brier Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brier Creek - it's located in Kentucky. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brier Creek. Communities near Brier Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brier Creek.
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 Brier Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brier Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brier 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 Brier Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brier Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Brier Creek. Adding Brier Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brier Creek 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 Brier Creek was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Brier Creek. Footnotes ...
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