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Welcome to Briar ...

Briar is located

Briar is primarily located in Wise County<1>. A portion of Briar extends into Tarrant County and Parker County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Briar is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Briar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Briar - they are located in Arkansas and Missouri.

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

Communities near Briar ...

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

  • Keller
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Saginaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Watauga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • White Settlement
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Azle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Azle is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <3>
  • Roanoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Decatur
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • River Oaks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briar ...

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

Adding Briar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Briar 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 Briar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Briar post office opened in 1890. The Briar post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briar - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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