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Welcome to Brushy Creek ...

Brushy Creek is located in Hill Country.

Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brushy Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Brushy Creek: Brushy Crk. (or less commonly used: Brushy Ck. or Brushy Cr.)

Brushy Creek is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Brushy Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Brushy Creek: This one is located in Williamson County and the other is located in Anderson County.

Beyond Texas, there are 4 communities that are also named Brushy Creek - they are located in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Brushy Creek ...

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

  • Austin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Round Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Georgetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Leander
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <3>
  • Pflugerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hutto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <3>
  • Lakeway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Manor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manor is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <3>
  • Lago Vista
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brushy Creek ...

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

Adding Brushy Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brushy Creek post office opened in 1851. The Brushy Creek post office closed in 1854.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brushy Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Williamson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brushy Creek - 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/