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Welcome to Brooks Estates ...

Brooks Estates is located in Cherokee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Brooks Estates: Brooks Ests.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Brooks Estates for more information about variations on the name of Brooks Estates.

Brooks Estates is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brooks Estates lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Brooks Estates (for example, toward Cave Spring (GA)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Brooks Estates: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Brooks Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brooks Estates - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brooks Estates.

Communities near Brooks Estates ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brooks Estates.

  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Piedmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Collinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave Spring
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Leesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Etna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
  • Sand Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Gaylesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Brooks Estates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brooks Estates.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brooks Estates. 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 Brooks Estates.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks Estates. See our Newspapers Page for Brooks Estates.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brooks Estates ...

Looking for more information about Brooks Estates? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brooks Estates, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brooks Estates.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brooks Estates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Brooks Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Brooks Estates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.