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Welcome to Westbrook ...

Westbrook is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westbrook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Westbrook is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Westbrook: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Westbrook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Westbrook - they are located in Arkansas (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (5), Utah (3), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Westbrook ...

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

  • Selma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Selma is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
  • Uniontown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomaston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Thomaston is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Orrville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Faunsdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dayton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dayton is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Central Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Central Mills is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Mills
  • Alberta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Alberta is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
  • Crumptonia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Crumptonia is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumptonia
  • Browns
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Browns is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westbrook ...

Looking for more information about Westbrook? 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 Westbrook, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Westbrook.

Adding Westbrook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Westbrook in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Westbrook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Westbrook post office opened in 1905. The Westbrook post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westbrook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Westbrook - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Westbrook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Westbrook 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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