Welcome to Brant Lake ...

The city of Brant Lake is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brant Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Brant Lake: Brant Lk.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Brant Lake has a population of 60 people<2> (see below for details).

Time Zone: Brant Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brant Lake: 605

Communities Also Named Brant Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brant Lake - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Brant Lake ...

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

• Madison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,064 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Madison
  • From Brant Lake to Madison
• Dell Rapids
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Rapids
  • Dell Rapids is located in Minnehaha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,666 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dell Rapids <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dell Rapids
  • From Brant Lake to Dell Rapids
• Flandreau
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flandreau have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flandreau
  • Flandreau is located in Moody County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flandreau <3>
• Crooks
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
  • Crooks is located in Minnehaha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooks <3>
• Baltic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baltic have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
  • Baltic is located in Minnehaha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltic <3>
• Colton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
  • Colton is located in Minnehaha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Colton
  • From Brant Lake to Colton
• Lyons
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Lyons is located in Minnehaha County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lyons
  • From Brant Lake to Lyons
• Huntimer
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntimer
  • Huntimer is located in Minnehaha County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 590 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Huntimer
  • From Brant Lake to Huntimer
• Colman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colman
  • Colman is located in Moody County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colman <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Colman
  • From Brant Lake to Colman
• Montrose
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
  • Montrose is located in McCook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montrose <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Montrose
  • From Brant Lake to Montrose

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brant Lake ...

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

Adding Brant Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brant Lake in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brant Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brant Lake post office opened in 1878.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brant Lake.