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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.<1> 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. 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.
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.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
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 ...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 Jefferson County. Footnotes ...
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