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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Brook came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Brook in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brook. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Brook data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brook:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Brook is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Brook in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Brook for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brook. See our Misc Page for Brook for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/