Welcome to Brant ...
Brant is located in Calumet County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
Brant is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Brant lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Brant: 920 & 274<3>
Communities Also Named Brant ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Brant - they are located in Alberta, California, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ontario and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brant.
Communities near Brant ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brant.
- Appleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oshkosh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Neenah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Menasha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menasha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Kaukauna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harrison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kimberly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Brant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brant.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brant. 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 Brant.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brant. See our Newspapers Page for Brant.
Adding Brant to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brant 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 for Brant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Brant post office opened in 1856.
We also found Brant in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brant.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Calumet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brant - 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Brant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Brant area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |