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Do you know of Brookes Mills ???

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

We found mention of Brookes Mills as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brookes Mills ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Brookes Mills.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/09064   (Place Name: Brookes Mills)

County: Blair     (FIPS State/County: 42/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Brookes Mills) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Blair 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 Blair County.

AllegrippusKladder
Antestown 
 Lakemont Terrace
Bald Eagle 
BarbaraMatthews Summit
Bennington FurnaceMcGarvey
BosslerMcKee's Gap
BrushmeadwayMines
Buena VistaMorrell
Burkett 
BushmanNew Portage Junction
  
Canan StationOlivia
CloverOrchard Crossing
ClovercreekOre Hill Station
CollierOrminea
Collinsville 
Cove ForgePeck
CoverdalePleasant Village
CurryPoplar Run
 Potetown
Dix 
DrabRed Hill
 Reservoir Station
East TyroneRoots Crossing
ErbRoselawn
  
ForgeSabbath Rest
 Sandy Gap
Garden HeightsSarah
GardnerSinking Valley Mills
Glen WhiteSinking Valley
 Springfield Furnace
HooverStanfield
 Stover
Isett 
 Vanscoyoc
Kipple 
Kittanning PointWhite Bridge

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.









 

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