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Welcome to Brookside ...

Brookside is located in Cumberland County<1>.

Brookside is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brookside: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Brookside ...

While we believe that this Brookside is located in Cumberland County, we know of another 8 Pennsylvania communities named Brookside. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allegheny, Dauphin, Erie, Franklin, Lycoming, Schuylkill, Wyoming and York County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 50 communities that are also named Brookside - they are located in Alabama (3), California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Brookside ...

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

  • Chambersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlisle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gettysburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shippensburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Holly Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mont Alto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Newville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Biglerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Arendtsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • York Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookside ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookside - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Brookside area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Brookside 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.