Welcome to Brooks ...Brooks is located in Fergus County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brooks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. Brooks is 3,950 feet [1,204 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Brooks is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Brooks lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Brooks: 406 Communities Also Named Brooks ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Brooks - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oregon, Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brooks. Communities near Brooks ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brooks.
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 Brooks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brooks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brooks. 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 Brooks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks. See our Newspapers Page for Brooks. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brooks ...Looking for more information about Brooks? 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 Brooks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brooks. Adding Brooks to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brooks 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 Brooks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brooks. Footnotes ...
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