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Welcome to Brooksburg ...

Brooksburg is located in Greene County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Brooksburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Brooksburg is 1,700 feet [518 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Brooksburg: (518)

Websites for Brooksburg ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.greenecounty-chamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Brooksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brooksburg - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Brooksburg ...

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

  • Catskill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catskill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
    • Catskill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Tannersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <4>
  • Fleischmanns
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleischmanns have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleischmanns
    • Fleischmanns is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fleischmanns <4>
  • Cornwallville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jewett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jewett Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
  • Oak Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cooksburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
  • Manorkill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brooksburg ...

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

Adding Brooksburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brooksburg post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brooksburg.

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

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brooksburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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