Welcome to Brookville ...

Brookville is located in Genesee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

Brookville is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Brookville is located in the (585) area code.

Websites for Brookville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.geneseeny.com/

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

Communities Also Named Brookville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Brookville: This one is located in Genesee County and the other is located in Nassau County.

Beyond New York, there are 23 communities that are also named Brookville - they are located in Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Brookville ...

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

• Batavia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Batavia is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <3>
• Le Roy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <3>
• Perry
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
  • Perry is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
• Warsaw
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
  • Warsaw is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,169 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <3>
• Akron
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Akron is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <3>
• Alden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Alden is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <3>
• Attica
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
  • Attica is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <3>
• Caledonia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Caledonia is located in Livingston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <3>
• Oakfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
  • Oakfield is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,681 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakfield <3>
• Bergen
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
  • Bergen is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bergen <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookville ...

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

Adding Brookville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Brookville post office opened in 1826.

We also found Brookville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.ny.us/

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