Brookfield Center was a rural

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in the late 19th century in the

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of Brookfield in

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, roughly four miles northwest of Elm Grove. There was a

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there at least as late as 1890, but does not appear in the 1891 ''

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''.Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. ''The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1891'' Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1891; p. 342
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Notable people

Charles Brown (Wisconsin politician) Charles Brown (June 24, 1828 - ?) was an American farmer from Brookfield Center, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Waukesha County during the 1872 term (the 25th Wisconsin Legislature) ...

, farmer and state legislator * George W. Brown (Wisconsin politician), state legislator *

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, state legislator

References

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