Welcome to Brake ...
Brake is located in Hardy County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
Brake is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Brake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Brake: 304 & 681<3>
Communities Also Named Brake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Brake - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brake.
Communities near Brake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brake.
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moorefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dorcas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seemly have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Durgon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durgon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Pansy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pansy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Criders
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Mathias
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Ketterman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ketterman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
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 Brake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brake. 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 Brake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brake. See our Newspapers Page for Brake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brake ...
Looking for more information about Brake? 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 Brake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brake.
Adding Brake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brake 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 Brake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Brake post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hardy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brake - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Brake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Brake 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> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |