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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Brooten came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Brooten 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 Brooten. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Brooten 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 Brooten:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brooten. See our Misc Page for Brooten 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/