Briggs
Market InsightsBriggs is an unincorporated community in eastern Burnet County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 183 and FM�2657 northeast of Burnet. Its elevation is 1,102�feet, and it is located at 30�53?23?N 97�55?30?W? / ?30.88972�N 97.92500�W? / 30.88972; -97.92500. Although Briggs is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78608; the ZCTA for ZIP Code 78608 had a population of 279 at the 2000 census.Founded as Springs, the community was soon renamed Gum Springs. The first settler in the area, a Missourian named W. T. Gann, arrived in the area in 1855, but the community was established along the Berry Creek in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. A post office was established under the name of Taylor's Gin on 27 March 1888; it did not assume its current name until 21 June 1898, when local doctor William Hazelwood was able to have the community renamed for his mother-in-law.
