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Welcome to Braintree ...

Braintree is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Braintree, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

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

Area Code for Braintree: 802

Communities Also Named Braintree ...

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

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

Communities near Braintree ...

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

  • Middlebury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlebury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebury
    • Middlebury is located in Addison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,778 people
  • Barre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Barre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
    • Barre is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
  • Northfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Northfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
  • Randolph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Randolph is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
  • Williamstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • Williamstown is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
  • Royalton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royalton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
    • Royalton is located in Windsor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
  • Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,783 people
  • Northfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bethel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Windsor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Braintree ...

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

Adding Braintree to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Braintree in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Braintree was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Braintree in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Braintree.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.