Do you know of Brooksville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brooksville. 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 Brooksville.

We found mention of Brooksville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1831 and closed  in 1853.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Brooksville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Brooksville.

Within Virginia, the name Brooksville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Blount County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooksville [Blount County].
    • Morgan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooksville [Morgan County].
  • Florida
    • Hernando County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brooksville [Hernando County].
  • Georgia
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brooksville [Randolph County].
  • Kentucky
    • Bracken County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brooksville [Bracken County].
  • Maine
    • Hancock County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brooksville [Hancock County].
  • Mississippi
    • Noxubee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brooksville [Noxubee County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Pottawatomie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brooksville [Pottawatomie County].
  • South Carolina
    • Horry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brooksville [Horry County].
  • Tennessee
    • Coffee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brooksville [Coffee County].
  • Vermont
    • Addison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Brooksville [Addison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brooksville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Albemarle County ...

Can you help?

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 Albemarle County.