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Welcome to South Brooksville ...

South Brooksville is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Brooksville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for South Brooksville: S. Brooksville

South Brooksville is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for South Brooksville: 207

Communities Also Named South Brooksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named South Brooksville - it's located in Florida.

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

Communities near South Brooksville ...

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

  • Belfast
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucksport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Searsport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincolnville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Orland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Deer Isle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stockton Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Brooksville ...

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

Adding South Brooksville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the South Brooksville post office opened in 1856. The South Brooksville post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Brooksville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Brooksville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/