Welcome to Broom ...
So far, we found very little information about Broom. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Broom to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Broom, please Contact Us.
Broom would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Broom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Broom is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Broom was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Broom was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities Also Named Broom ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Broom - it's located in Georgia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Broom.
Communities near Broom ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Broom.
- Walnut Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bono
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hoxie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckerman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Swifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Imboden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- College City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Portia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cash
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 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 Broom. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Broom.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Broom. 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 Broom.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Broom. See our Newspapers Page for Broom.
Adding Broom to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Broom 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 (so far) for Broom was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Broom post office opened in 1909. The Broom post office closed in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Broom.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Broom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Broom - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Broom area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Broom area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |