Welcome to Sprout Brook ...
Sprout Brook is located in Montgomery County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sprout Brook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
A typical abbreviation for Sprout Brook: Sprout Brk.
Sprout Brook is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Sprout Brook lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Sprout Brook: 518 & 838<3>
Websites for Sprout Brook ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.montgomerycountyny.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sprout Brook, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Sprout Brook ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sprout Brook.
- Johnstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Herkimer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobleskill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Plain
- Fort Plain is located in Herkimer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Plain <4>
- Canajoharie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dolgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cooperstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johnsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsville
- Saint Johnsville is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,670 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Johnsville <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 Sprout Brook. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sprout Brook.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sprout 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 Sprout Brook.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sprout Brook. See our Newspapers Page for Sprout Brook.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sprout Brook ...
Looking for more information about Sprout 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 Sprout Brook, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sprout Brook.
Adding Sprout Brook to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sprout 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 Sprout Brook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Sprout Brook post office opened in 1851.
We also found Sprout Brook in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sprout Brook.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sprout Brook - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Sprout Brook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Sprout Brook area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |