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Welcome to Brandy Station ...

Brandy Station is located in Culpeper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brandy Station, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Brandy Station: Brandy Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Brandy Station is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brandy Station: 540 & 826<3>

Websites for Brandy Station ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brandy Station, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Brandy Station ...

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

  • Culpeper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Warrenton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Remington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kellys Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kellys Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Ford
    • Kellys Ford is located in Culpeper County
  • Lignum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
    • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
  • Rixeyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
    • Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
  • Bealeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffersonton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
    • Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
  • Norman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
  • Opal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
    • Opal is located in Fauquier County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brandy Station ...

Looking for more information about Brandy Station? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Brandy Station, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Brandy Station.

Adding Brandy Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brandy Station 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 Brandy Station was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brandy Station post office opened in 1852.

We also found Brandy Station in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brandy Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Culpeper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brandy Station - 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 Brandy Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Brandy Station 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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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