Do you know of Brookside ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brookside. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brookside.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Brookside, so we are uncertain whether Brookside is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Brookside would be found somewhere in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Brookside ...
We found 48 communities that share the name Brookside.
Within Iowa, the name Brookside is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 45 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brookside [Jefferson County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brookside [Marion County].
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brookside [Tuscaloosa County].
- California
- Colorado
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brookside [Fremont County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Brookside [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brookside [Harlan County].
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brookside [Calvert County].
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brookside [Berkshire County].
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brookside [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brookside [Grand Traverse County].
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brookside [Muskegon County].
- Newaygo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brookside [Newaygo County].
- Mississippi
- Amite County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brookside [Amite County].
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brookside [Cape Girardeau County].
- Montana
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Brookside [Phillips County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Brookside [Morris County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Brookside.
- North Carolina
- Watauga County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookside [Watauga County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookside [Wayne County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Brookside.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brookside [Belmont County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Allegheny County].
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Cumberland County].
- Dauphin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Dauphin County].
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Erie County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Franklin County].
- Lycoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Lycoming County].
- Schuylkill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Schuylkill County].
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Wyoming County].
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookside [York County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brookside [Campbell County].
- Utah
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brookside [Washington County].
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brookside [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
More Orphans in Black Hawk County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Black Hawk County.
| Aladdin | Jacob's Siding |
| Burk | Lester |
| Cedar Valley | Millerdale |
| Mona Junction | |
| East Waterloo | |
| Norris | |
| Gilbur | |
| Glory | Wilson Junction |
| Winslow |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brookside could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |