Do you know of Brookton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brookton. 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 Brookton.

Our sources for Brookton (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 Brookton other than they indicate that Brookton would be found somewhere in Tompkins County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1926.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Brookton ...

We found three communities that share the name Brookton.

Within New York, the name Brookton is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Hall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brookton [Hall County].
  • Maine
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brookton [Washington County].
  • Ohio
    • Noble County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brookton [Noble County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brookton ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Tompkins County ...

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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 Tompkins County.