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Welcome to Brehm ...

So far, we found very little information about Brehm. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brehm to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brehm, please Contact Us.

Brehm would have been located within present day Mercer County<2>.


The location of Brehm has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Brehm, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brehm is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Brehm was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Brehm would have been located in the (419) & (567)<5> area codes.

Communities near Brehm ...

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

  • Van Wert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Wert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
    • Van Wert is located in Van Wert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Wert <6>
  • Celina
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Decatur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decatur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Decatur is located in Adams County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,884 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
  • Saint Marys
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Portland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coldwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Berne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
    • Berne is located in Adams County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berne <6>
  • Saint Henry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Recovery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Geneva
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
    • Geneva is located in Adams County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <6>

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

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

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

Adding Brehm to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brehm 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 Brehm was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Brehm post office opened in 1890.

We also found Brehm in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brehm.

The official website for Mercer County: www.mercercountyohio.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 Brehm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brehm - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (567) is an overlay for area code (419).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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