Welcome to Brakebill ...So far, we found very little information about Brakebill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brakebill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brakebill, please Contact Us. Brakebill would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brakebill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brakebill is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Brakebill was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Brakebill (for example, toward Pikeville), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Brakebill ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brakebill - it's located in Arkansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brakebill. Websites for Brakebill ...Chamber of Commerce: www.monroecountychamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brakebill, the following might be of interest: Communities near Brakebill ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brakebill.
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 Brakebill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brakebill. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brakebill. 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 Brakebill. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brakebill. See our Newspapers Page for Brakebill. Adding Brakebill to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brakebill 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 (so far) for Brakebill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brakebill. Footnotes ...
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