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Welcome to Brooks Grove ...

Brooks Grove is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brooks Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.

A typical abbreviation for Brooks Grove: Brooks Grv.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Brooks Grove for more information about variations on the name of Brooks Grove.

Brooks Grove is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Brooks Grove: 585

Websites for Brooks Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.livchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Brooks Grove, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Brooks Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brooks Grove.

  • Geneseo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dansville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Perry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Perry is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
  • Warsaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Morris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wayland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Livonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Nunda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Nunda is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,274 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunda <3>
  • Castile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Silver Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brooks Grove ...

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

Adding Brooks Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brooks Grove 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 Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brooks Grove post office opened in 1831. The Brooks Grove post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brooks Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brooks Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/