Brighton is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Greenfield Township, LaGrange County,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

History

Brighton was originally called Lexington, and under the latter name was laid out in 1836. A post office called Brighton was established in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1911.

References

Unincorporated communities in LaGrange County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{LaGrangeCountyIN-geo-stub