Do you know of Brooks ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brooks. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brooks.<1>
We found mention of Brooks as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Newaygo County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1890.
Communities Also Named Brooks ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Brooks.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Brooks.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brooks [Bay County].
- Menominee County
- Bay County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooks [Covington County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Brooks.
- Arkansas
- California
- Yolo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brooks [Yolo County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brooks [Madison County].
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Brooks [Hamilton County].
- Iowa
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Brooks [Adams County].
- Kansas
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooks [Wilson County].
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brooks [Bullitt County].
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brooks [Pointe Coupee Parish].
- Maine
- Waldo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brooks [Waldo County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brooks [Worcester County].
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brooks [Polk County].
- Red Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brooks [Red Lake County].
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brooks [Sunflower County].
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Brooks [Fergus County].
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brooks [Buncombe County].
- Lenoir County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brooks [Lenoir County].
- Ohio
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brooks [Clark County].
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Brooks [Marion County].
- Texas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brooks [Jefferson County].
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brooks [Panola County].
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brooks [Stafford County].
- West Virginia
- Summers County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brooks [Summers County].
- Wisconsin
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Brooks [Adams County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brooks ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brooks:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Newaygo County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Newaygo County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brooks could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |