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Welcome to Briceton ...

Briceton is located in Paulding County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briceton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Briceton is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briceton: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Briceton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Briceton: This one is located in Paulding County and the other is located in Franklin County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Briceton.

Communities near Briceton ...

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

  • Defiance
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Wert
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Paulding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paulding have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
    • Paulding is located in Paulding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paulding <4>
  • Hicksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Antwerp
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Monroeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Grabill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabill
    • Grabill is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grabill <4>
  • Payne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Payne is located in Paulding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <4>
  • Continental
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental
    • Continental is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Continental <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briceton ...

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

Adding Briceton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Briceton 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 for Briceton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Briceton post office opened in 1887.

We also found Briceton on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briceton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briceton - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Briceton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Briceton 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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