Welcome to Brook Valley ...

Brook Valley is located in Morris County<1>.

The location of Brook Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brook Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Brook Valley: Brook Vly. (or less commonly used: Brook Vally. or Brook Vlly.)

Brook Valley is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Brook Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Brook Valley ...

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

Communities near Brook Valley ...

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

• Newark
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
• Paterson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
  • Paterson is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
• Clifton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
• Passaic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
  • Passaic is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
• East Orange
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange
  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• Hackensack
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
  • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
• Kearny
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
  • Kearny is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
• Spring Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
• Garfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Garfield is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
• Ridgewood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
  • Ridgewood is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brook Valley ...

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

Adding Brook Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brook Valley 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 for Brook Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brook Valley post office opened in 1872.

We also found Brook Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brook Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Morris County: www.co.morris.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/