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Welcome to Briarwood Estates ...

Briarwood Estates is located in Stafford County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Briarwood Estates: Briarwood Ests.

Briarwood Estates is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Briarwood Estates: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Briarwood Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Briarwood Estates - they are located in Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Utah.

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

Communities near Briarwood Estates ...

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

  • Dumfries
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Bowling Green
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Quantico
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Royal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlanding Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodlanding Village is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlanding Village
  • Waverly Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Waverly Village is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Village
  • Leavells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
  • Olney Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Olney Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Corner
  • Berea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Berea is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Loy Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Loy Landing is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loy Landing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briarwood Estates ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Stafford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briarwood Estates - 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 Briarwood Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Briarwood Estates 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.