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Do you know of Brutus ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brutus. 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 Brutus.<1>

We found mention of Brutus as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cayuga County, New York.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1815 and closed  in 1831.

Communities Also Named Brutus ...

We found three communities that share the name Brutus.

Within New York, the name Brutus is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brutus [Clay County].
    • Michigan
      • Emmet County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brutus [Emmet County].
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brutus [Pittsylvania County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brutus ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Cayuga 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 Cayuga County.

Auburn SoutheastLittle Sodus
Aurelius Station 
AureliusMyers
  
Bolts CornersNine Corners
BranchvilleNorth Scipio
  
Clear ViewOwasco Lake
 Owasco Valley
Dougal's 
 Port Byron Station
Ellsworth 
 Scipio
Farleys PointSeneca River
 South Venice
Goodyear'sSpringport
 The Square
Ira StationSterling Center
Ithaca JunctionSterling Station
  
JacksonThroopville
  
King's Ferry StationVenice
Kings Ferry 
Kinsler'sWest Niles
Koenig's PointWoods
 Wyckoffs Station
Lake Como 

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>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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