Welcome to Brokaw ...

Brokaw is located in McLean County<1>.

The location of Brokaw has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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.<3>.

Time Zone: Brokaw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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 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.

Communities near Brokaw ...

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

• Bloomington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <4>
• Normal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
  • Normal is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,451 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normal <4>
• Le Roy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <4>
• Heyworth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heyworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyworth
  • Heyworth is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heyworth <4>
• Lexington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lexington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
• Farmer City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer City
  • Farmer City is located in De Witt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,906 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmer City <4>
• Hudson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
  • Hudson is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <4>
• Danvers
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danvers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
  • Danvers is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
  • Danvers has also been known as:
  • Danver
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <4>
• Colfax
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colfax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Colfax is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <4>
• Downs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
  • Downs is located in McLean County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 949 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downs <4>

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 for Brokaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brokaw post office opened in 1893.

We also found Brokaw in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brokaw.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brokaw. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov