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Welcome to Black Brook ...

Although we found mention of Black Brook during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Black Brook was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Black Brook to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Brook, please Contact Us.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Black Brook, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1897.

A typical abbreviation for Black Brook: Black Brk.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Black Brook might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Note: If you travel west from Black Brook (for example, toward Grand Isle (ME)), you will leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Black Brook: 506 & 428<2>

Communities Also Named Black Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Black Brook - they are located in New Brunswick, New York and Nova Scotia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Brook.

Communities near Black Brook ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Black Brook.

  • Saint Quentin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Quentin Parish
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Leonard Parish
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Leonard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sainte Anne de Madawaska
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Five Fingers
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Amand
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Siegas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siegas

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Black Brook ...

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

Adding Black Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Black Brook was on a map titled Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (from Rand McNally, 1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Brook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Black Brook and then turned west". While Black Brook could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Black Brook as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Black Brook 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 . 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.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Black Brook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Black Brook area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.