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Do you know of Brake ???

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

Our sources for Brake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brake other than they indicate that Brake would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1895.

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 Brake ...

We found three communities that share the name Brake.

Within Alabama, the name Brake is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brake [West Feliciana Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Edgecombe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brake [Edgecombe County].
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brake [Hardy County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brake - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

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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 Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling MillMabel
AlfrettaMaben
AliceMagella
Altadena ValleyMaury
AmityMcAddry
Argo StationMcWilliams
 Merkel
Baugh'sMiles
BaylorMims
Beachwood ParkMorrowville
Belle SumterMorton
BellwoodMounds
Ben Vines GapMount Pinson
Bessie MinesMountain Woods
BirminghamportMurray
Birwat 
BivenNorrell Junction
Boyles 
Brock'sOregon
Brunnet Heights 
Bryan StationPalmer
BurstallPartridge
 Passcut
Camp OliverPassing Track
CatocinPawnee
Coal CreekPierce
CohortPinson - Clay - Chalkville
Connellsville MinesPinson Valley
CrestlinePratt Crossing
Crockett Junction 
Cymbling BranchQuinton
  
DagoRazburgh
DahindaReaders
DeBerniereRed Gap Junction
DivideRed Ore
DixianaRedding
DolcitoRegent Forest
 Rockville
EarnestRoosevelt City
ElliottRugby Highlands
Ensley FurnaceRutledge Heights
Ensley HeightsRutledge
  
FairviewSargon
Five Points WestSayre Mines
 Scrap
Garden HighlandsShade's Creek
GaryShaw
GeloweSherman
GilreathSlope Four
GraceSouth Yard
GracesSparks Gap
GranlinStaryeacre Ford
Green SpringsStephens
Green Valley 
GreeneTennessee Farms
Greene'sThomas Junction
GreensToad Vine
Gurley's CreekTruss
 Turpin
Hedona 
HenryellenUptown
Huff 
Hughe's SidingVesthaven
HuronVinesville
  
Interburan HeightsWaddell
Irondale JunctionWatt's
 West Birmingham
JeffersonWest Side
JonesboroughWheeler
 Wheeling
KawaneeWho'd A Thought It
 Wilgus
Leeds Mineral WellWoodlawn Junction
LindberghWoodward Red Ore
Little WarriorWymond
Lynn Crossing 
 Yuma

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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