Do you know of Brighton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brighton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brighton.
Our sources for Brighton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brighton other than they indicate that Brighton would be found somewhere in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1818 and closed in 1857.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Brighton ...
We found 50 communities that share the name Brighton.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Brighton.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 46 are located in the United States and nine are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brighton [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brighton [Greene County].
- California
- Sacramento County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brighton [Sacramento County].
- Colorado
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brighton [Adams County].
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brighton [Arapahoe County].
- Florida
- Highlands County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brighton [Highlands County].
- Georgia
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brighton [Douglas County].
- Tift County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brighton [Tift County].
- Illinois
- Macoupin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brighton [Macoupin County].
- Indiana
- LaGrange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Brighton [LaGrange County].
- Iowa
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Brighton [Washington County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brighton [Fayette County].
- Maine
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brighton [Somerset County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brighton [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brighton [Kalamazoo County].
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brighton [Livingston County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brighton [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brighton [Polk County].
- Montana
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Brighton [Sussex County].
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brighton [Erie County].
- Kings County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brighton [Kings County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brighton [Monroe County].
- Otsego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brighton [Otsego County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Brighton.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Brighton.
- Ohio
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Clark County].
- Cuyahoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Cuyahoga County].
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Hamilton County].
- Lorain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Lorain County].
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Muskingum County].
- Wood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brighton [Wood County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Brighton [Tillamook County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Brighton.
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brighton [Hampton County].
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brighton [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Brighton [Essex County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Brighton [King County].
- West Virginia
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brighton [Mason County].
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Brighton [Kenosha County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brighton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brighton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brighton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Beaver County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Beaver County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brighton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |