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Welcome to Brentsville ...

Brentsville is located in Prince William County<1>.

Brentsville was established in 1820.

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

Brentsville is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brentsville: 703 & 571<3>

Communities Also Named Brentsville ...

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

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

Communities near Brentsville ...

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

  • Manassas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fairfax
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Manassas Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Vienna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Warrenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Dumfries
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dumfries is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <4>
  • Indian Head
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Haymarket
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Occoquan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Remington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brentsville ...

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

Adding Brentsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brentsville post office opened in 1823. The Brentsville post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brentsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince William, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brentsville - 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 703 code has been Overlayed with the 571 area code. New phone numbers in the Brentsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the Brentsville 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>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/