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Brilliant is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Wells Township, eastern Jefferson County, set along the Ohio River about 7 miles south of Steubenville.

Brilliant was laid out in 1819 by western Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge under the name Philipsburgh, at a spot where many roads converged near the Ohio River and the Wellsburg wharf; an 1836 addition was called La Grange.

In 1880 the Brilliant Glass Company was established and built a glass factory at La Grange, and the town adopted the glass company's name when it incorporated as the village of Brilliant.

Brilliant gave up its village government and disincorporated on November 24, 1993, and is counted by the Census Bureau as a census-designated place today.

Brilliant had 1,317 residents at the 2020 census, down 11.1 percent from 1,482 people in 2010.

The Cardinal Power Plant, a major Ohio River generating station that began operating in 1967, stands just south of Brilliant.

Public education in Brilliant is provided by the Buckeye Local School District, whose students attend Buckeye Local High School; the community once had its own Brilliant High School.

Brilliant has a public library that is a branch of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County, sits along the four-lane State Route 7 freeway, is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area, and uses ZIP code 43913.