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Welcome to Brocktown ...So far, we found very little information about Brocktown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brocktown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brocktown, please Contact Us. Brocktown would have been located within present day Pike County<2>. The location of Brocktown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Brocktown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brocktown is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Brocktown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Brocktown once stood is in the (870) area code. Communities near Brocktown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brocktown.
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 Brocktown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brocktown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brocktown. 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 Brocktown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brocktown. See our Newspapers Page for Brocktown. Adding Brocktown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brocktown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brocktown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Brocktown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Brocktown. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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