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Welcome to Brooks ...

Brooks is located in Summers County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brooks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Brooks is 1,650 feet [503 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brooks: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Brooks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Brooks - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oregon, Texas (2), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Brooks ...

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

  • Beckley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hinton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rainelle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mount Hope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Mabscott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Alderson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rupert
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Thurmond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Abraham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Abraham is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brooks ...

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

Adding Brooks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brooks 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 Brooks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brooks post office opened in 1880. The Brooks post office closed in 1991.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brooks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Summers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brooks - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Brooks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Brooks 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/