Welcome to Spring Brook ...

Spring Brook is located in Erie County<1>.

The location of Spring Brook has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Brook, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Brook: Spring Brk.

Spring Brook is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Spring Brook lies within the (716) area code.

Communities Also Named Spring Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Spring Brook - they are located in Connecticut, Michigan (2), New Brunswick, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Spring Brook ...

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

• Buffalo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Buffalo is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 254,479 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
• North Tonawanda
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
  • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
• Fort Erie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Erie
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Erie <4>
• Lackawanna
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackawanna
  • Lackawanna is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lackawanna <4>
• Kenmore
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmore
  • Kenmore is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,947 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmore <4>
• Depew
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
  • Depew is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,940 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Depew <4>
• Tonawanda
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonawanda
  • Tonawanda is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,755 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonawanda <4>
• Lancaster
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,064 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Hamburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Hamburg is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamburg <4>
• East Aurora
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Aurora
  • East Aurora is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,165 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Aurora <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Brook ...

Looking for more information about Spring Brook? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Spring Brook, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Spring Brook.

Adding Spring Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spring Brook post office opened in 1848.

We also found Spring Brook in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Brook.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Erie County: www.erie.gov/

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