Welcome to Bryan ...
So far, we found very little information about Bryan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bryan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Bryan - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Bryan, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Bryan , we believe that it would have been located within present day Grant County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bryan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.
When the people of Bryan referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Bryanite<3>
Time Zone: The area where Bryan was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Bryan would have been located in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Bryan ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Bryan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), Texas (2), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bryan.
Adding Bryan to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bryan 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 for Bryan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Bryan post office opened in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bryan.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bryan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Bryan refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Bryan may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |