Welcome to Brookings ...
Brookings is located in Clay County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookings, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.
Brookings is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Brookings lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Brookings: 870 & 327<3>
Communities Also Named Brookings ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Brookings - they are located in Michigan, Oregon, South Dakota and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brookings.
Communities near Brookings ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brookings.
- Pocahontas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <4>
- Walnut Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaduke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- College City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Lafe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Reyno
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Maynard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Biggers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
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 Brookings. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brookings.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brookings. 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 Brookings.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookings. See our Newspapers Page for Brookings.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookings ...
Looking for more information about Brookings? 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 Brookings, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brookings.
Adding Brookings to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brookings 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 Brookings was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Brookings post office opened in 1894. The Brookings post office closed in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookings.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookings - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Brookings area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Brookings 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/ |