Welcome to Brilliant ...So far, we found very little information about Brilliant. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brilliant to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brilliant, please Contact Us. Brilliant would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brilliant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brilliant is 7,160 feet [2,182 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Brilliant is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Brilliant was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Brilliant was located: 575 Communities Also Named Brilliant ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Brilliant - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brilliant. Communities near Brilliant ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brilliant.
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 Brilliant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brilliant. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brilliant. 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 Brilliant. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brilliant. See our Newspapers Page for Brilliant. Adding Brilliant to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brilliant 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 Brilliant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brilliant. Footnotes ...
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