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Welcome to Brookside ...

The town of Brookside is located in Fremont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookside, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

The town was incorporated in 1913.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Brookside has a population of 261 people<2> (see below for details).

Brookside is 5,370 feet [1,637 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Brookside is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Brookside lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brookside: 719

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brookside had an population of 261 people. This is an increase of 12.02% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 19.18% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Brookside had a population of 233 people. This makes Brookside the county's 6th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 233 people, the population of Brookside increased 6.39% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 219 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Brookside.

Communities Also Named Brookside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 50 communities that are also named Brookside - they are located in Alabama (3), California, Delaware, Florida (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (9), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Brookside ...

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

  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Coal Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckskin Joe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
  • Penrose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sunset City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
  • Wetmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Siloam
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Echo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Echo is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Stone City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Stone City is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookside ...

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

Adding Brookside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brookside 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 Brookside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brookside post office opened in 1888. The Brookside post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookside.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Fremont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Brookside.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookside - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/