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Welcome to Brays Landing ...

Brays Landing is located in Gloucester County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Brays Landing: Brays Lndg. (or less commonly used: Brays Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Brays Landing for more information about variations on the name of Brays Landing.

Brays Landing is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brays Landing: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Brays Landing ...

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

  • Newport News
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Poquoson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gloucester Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gloucester Courthouse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gloucester Courthouse is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester Courthouse
  • Money
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Money is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
  • Yorktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Belroi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Belroi is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belroi
  • Clay Bank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
  • Lackey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lackey is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brays Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Gloucester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brays Landing - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Brays Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Brays Landing 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.