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Welcome to Brandywine Manor ...

Brandywine Manor is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandywine Manor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1816.

A typical abbreviation for Brandywine Manor: Brandywine Mnr.

Brandywine Manor is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brandywine Manor: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Brandywine Manor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Brandywine Manor: This one is located in Chester County and the other is located in Dauphin County.

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

Communities near Brandywine Manor ...

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

  • Reading
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pottstown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West Chester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Phoenixville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Coatesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Downingtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennett Square
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • New Holland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Shillington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Birdsboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandywine Manor ...

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

Adding Brandywine Manor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brandywine Manor 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 Brandywine Manor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brandywine Manor post office opened in 1816.

We also found Brandywine Manor in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandywine Manor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brandywine Manor - 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 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Brandywine Manor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Brandywine Manor 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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