Welcome to Brookville ...

Brookville is located in Norfolk County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

Brookville is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Brookville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Brookville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Brookville - they are located in Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Brookville ...

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

• Boston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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  • Boston is located in Suffolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
• Cambridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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  • Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
• Brockton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Quincy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Newton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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  • Newton is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
• Somerville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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  • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
• Brookline
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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  • Brookline is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
• Weymouth
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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  • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
• Taunton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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  • Taunton is located in Bristol County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
• Revere
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
  • Revere is located in Suffolk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 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 Brookville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brookville.

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

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

Adding Brookville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brookville 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 Brookville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brookville post office opened in 1872.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Norfolk County: www.norfolkcounty.org/

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/