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Welcome to Brundage ...

Brundage is located on the South Texas Plains.

Brundage is located in Dimmit County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brundage, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Brundage is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Brundage: 830

Communities Also Named Brundage ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brundage - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Brundage ...

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

  • Crystal City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal City
    • Crystal City is located in Zavala County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal City <4>
  • Carrizo Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Asherton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Wells
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Wells
    • Big Wells is located in Dimmit County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Wells <4>
  • Carrizo Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo Hill
    • Carrizo Hill is located in Dimmit County
  • Chula Vista - River Spur
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Las Colonias
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Colonias have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Colonias
    • Las Colonias is located in Zavala County
  • Catarina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodward ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
    • Woodward is located in La Salle County
  • Batesville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brundage ...

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

Adding Brundage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brundage 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 for Brundage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brundage post office opened in 1910.

We also found Brundage in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brundage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Dimmit, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brundage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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