Do you know of Brookgreen ???

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

Our sources for Brookgreen (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brookgreen other than they indicate that Brookgreen would be found somewhere in Georgetown County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1939.

Communities Also Named Brookgreen ...

We found three communities that share the name Brookgreen.

There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Brookgreen.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Brookgreen in the United States.

• Communities Located In South Carolina ...
  • Aiken County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brookgreen [Aiken County].
  • Greenville County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brookgreen [Greenville County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • North Carolina
    • Iredell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookgreen [Iredell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brookgreen ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brookgreen - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Brookgreen.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 45/09572   (Place Name: Brookgreen)

County: Georgetown     (FIPS State/County: 45/043)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Brookgreen) 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  Georgetown 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 Georgetown County.