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Welcome to Brookline Station ...

Brookline Station is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookline Station, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Brookline Station: Brookline Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Time Zone: Brookline Station lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brookline Station: 417

The ZIP code for Brookline Station: 65619<2>

Communities near Brookline Station ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookline Station ...

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

Adding Brookline Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brookline Station in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Brookline Station was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brookline Station post office opened in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookline Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Brookline Station). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Brookline Station or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/