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Welcome to Brookston ...

Brookston is located in Forest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brookston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Brookston is 1,410 feet [430 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brookston: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Brookston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Brookston - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Brookston ...

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

  • Warren
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kane is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <4>
  • Johnsonburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
  • Mount Jewett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarendon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnes is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
  • Hoover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoover is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Iron City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron City is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
  • Russell City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Russell City is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookston ...

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

Adding Brookston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brookston 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 (so far) for Brookston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brookston post office opened in 1876. The Brookston post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brookston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookston - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Brookston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Brookston 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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