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Welcome to Briery ...

Briery is located in Prince Edward County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Briery is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Briery: 434

Communities near Briery ...

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

  • Farmville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crewe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <3>
  • Victoria
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Keysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Charlotte Court House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Drakes Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Burkeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pamplin City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Phenix
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Phenix is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Abilene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Abilene is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briery ...

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

Adding Briery to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Briery 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 Briery was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Briery post office opened in 1880. The Briery post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briery.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince Edward, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briery - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/