Welcome to Brookfield ...
So far, we found very little information about Brookfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brookfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brookfield, please Contact Us.
Brookfield would have been located within present day Baca County<2>.
The location of Brookfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Brookfield is 4,570 feet [1,393 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Brookfield is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Brookfield was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Brookfield and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
If Brookfield still existed, it would have been in the (719) area code.
Communities Also Named Brookfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Brookfield - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Tennessee (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brookfield.
Communities near Brookfield ...
We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Brookfield.
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Baca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <5>
- Pritchett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pritchett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Pritchett is located in Baca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pritchett <5>
- Ninaview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Two Buttes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Buttes
- Two Buttes is located in Baca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Two Buttes <5>
- Vilas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vilas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Vilas is located in Baca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vilas <5>
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 Brookfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brookfield.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brookfield. 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 Brookfield.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookfield. See our Newspapers Page for Brookfield.
Adding Brookfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brookfield 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 Brookfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Brookfield post office opened in 1887.
We also found Brookfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brookfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Baca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |