Do you know of Brookfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brookfield. 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 Brookfield.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Brookfield, so we are uncertain whether Brookfield 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 Brookfield would be found somewhere in Providence County, Rhode Island.

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 Brookfield ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Brookfield.

Within Rhode Island, the name Brookfield is unique.

Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 33 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Baca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brookfield [Baca County].
- Connecticut
  - Fairfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Brookfield [Fairfield County].
- Delaware
  - Kent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Brookfield [Kent County].
- Georgia
  - Tift County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brookfield [Tift County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brookfield [Cook County].
- Indiana
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Brookfield [Shelby County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Brookfield.
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brookfield [Anne Arundel County].
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brookfield [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
  - Worcester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brookfield [Worcester County].
- Michigan
  - Eaton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brookfield [Eaton County].
  - Manistee 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 Brookfield [Manistee County].
- Missouri
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brookfield [Linn County].
- Nebraska
  - Platte County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Brookfield [Platte County].
- New Hampshire
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Brookfield [Carroll County].
- New Jersey
  - Camden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Brookfield [Camden County].
- New York
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brookfield [Madison County].
  - Oneida County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brookfield [Oneida County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Brookfield.
- North Carolina
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookfield [Mecklenburg County].
  - New Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookfield [New Hanover County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Brookfield.
- Ohio
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brookfield [Hamilton County].
  - Trumbull County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brookfield [Trumbull County].
  - Tuscarawas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brookfield [Tuscarawas County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Brookfield.
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny 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 Brookfield [Allegheny County].
  - Chester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookfield [Chester County].
  - Tioga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookfield [Tioga County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Brookfield.
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brookfield [Hamilton County].
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brookfield [Shelby County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brookfield [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Brookfield [Orange County].
- Virginia
  - Fairfax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brookfield [Fairfax County].
  - Stafford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brookfield [Stafford County].
- Washington
  - Wahkiakum County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Brookfield [Wahkiakum County].
- Wisconsin
  - Waukesha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Brookfield [Waukesha County].

More Orphans in Providence 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 Providence County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Brookfield 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.