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Do you know of Brookmere ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brookmere. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brookmere.<1>

Our sources for Brookmere (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brookmere other than they indicate that Brookmere would be found somewhere in Monroe County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Brookmere ...

We found one communities that share the name Brookmere.

Within New York, the name Brookmere is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Brookmere in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Brookmere.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brookmere ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brookmere:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brookmere - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Monroe County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Monroe County.

BealsboroughMendon Farms
BeechwoodMidtown Plaza
Blackwatch HillsMoreton Farm
Brinker Place 
Bulls HeadNine Mile Point
 North Clarkson
Center ParkNorth Parma
Chili JunctionNorth Rochester
Chili StationNortheast Henrietta
Chili 
Churchville GreeneOgden
ClaverhouseOklahoma
  
Davidson BeachPanorama
DespatchParma Station
DeweyParma
 Penfield Station
East ClarksonPerrinton
East HamlinPoint Pleasant
EdgewoodPonds
  
GarbuttsvilleRapids
Gates - North GatesRidgemont Plaza
GatesRidgemont
Greece StationRiver
 Roberts Dock
Henrietta StationRolling Hills
Honeoye JunctionRush Station
  
Lake BeachScottsburg
LaureltonScottsville Station
Locust GroveSweden
Long Branch 
LyellWayneport
 West Mendon
Maple ValleyWest Ridge
MeadowsWestgate
Menand'sWheatland

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/