Welcome to Brokaw ...Brokaw is located in McLean County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brokaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Brokaw is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Brokaw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Brokaw ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Brokaw - they are located in Ohio and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brokaw. Websites for Brokaw ...Chamber of Commerce: www.mcleancochamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brokaw, the following might be of interest: Communities near Brokaw ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brokaw.
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 Brokaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brokaw. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brokaw. 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 Brokaw. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brokaw. See our Newspapers Page for Brokaw. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brokaw ...Looking for more information about Brokaw? 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 Brokaw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brokaw. Adding Brokaw to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brokaw 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 Brokaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brokaw. Footnotes ...
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