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Welcome to Brand ...

Brand is located in Augusta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brand, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Brand is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brand lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Brand: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Brand ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Brand: This one is located in Augusta County and the other is located in Page County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 3 communities that are also named Brand - they are located in South Carolina and Texas.

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.

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 for Brand was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Brand on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brand.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Augusta, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Brand area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Brand area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.