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Welcome to Brand ...

Brand is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Brand is located in Scurry County<1>.

Brand is 2,420 feet [738 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Brand is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Brand: 325

Communities Also Named Brand ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Brand - they are located in South Carolina and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Brand ...

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

  • Snyder
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fluvanna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ira
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hermleigh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cuthbert ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cuthbert is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
  • Hobbs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Justiceburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Buford
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Buford is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
  • Wastella ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wastella is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brand ...

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

Adding Brand to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brand 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 Brand was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brand.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Scurry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brand - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.