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Brooksville (other) , named after the village of Brooksville in New Haven, Vermont
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Brooksville is the name of several places in the United States: * Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama * Brooksville, Morgan County, Alabama * Brooksville, Florida **Brooksville Army Airfield, named after the Florida town * Brooksville, Georgia * Brooksville, Kentucky **Brooksville Independent-Graded School District, named after the Kentucky town * Brooksville, Maine * Brooksville, Mississippi * Brooksville, Oklahoma * Brooksville, West Virginia, an unincorporated community also known as Bigbend, West Virginia See also * Brookville (other) * Brooksville Advent Church Brooksville Advent Church is a historic church at 1338 Dog Team Road in New Haven, Vermont. It was built in 1837 and added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama
Brooksville is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama, United States, located at the junction of U.S. Route 278, Alabama State Route 74, and Alabama State Route 79, northeast of Blountsville. In 1999 Brooksville attempted to incorporate itself. Proponents of the move stated that the laws of the community would be based on the King James Bible and the Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ .... References Unincorporated communities in Blount County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{BlountCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Morgan County, Alabama
Brooksville is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. Brooksville is located along Alabama State Route 67 State Route 67 (SR 67) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama that connects the city of Decatur to U.S. Route 231 (US 231) at Rainbow Crossing in Blount County. This highway serves as a connector between Decatur and ..., southeast of Priceville. References Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{MorganCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Florida
Brooksville is a city in western Florida and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,719, up from 7,264 at the 2000 census. Brooksville is home to historic buildings and residences, including the homes of former Florida Governor William Sherman Jennings and football player Jerome Brown. It is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brooksville, established in 1856 by the merger of the towns of Melendez and Pierceville, took its name to honor and show support for Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery congressman from South Carolina who caned and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner. Geography Brooksville is located in east-central Hernando County, north of Tampa and southwest of Ocala. The geographic center of Florida is north-northwest of Brooksville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Brooksville has a total area of , of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville Army Airfield , named after the village of Brooksville in New Haven, Vermont
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Brooksville is the name of several places in the United States: * Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama * Brooksville, Morgan County, Alabama * Brooksville, Florida **Brooksville Army Airfield, named after the Florida town * Brooksville, Georgia * Brooksville, Kentucky **Brooksville Independent-Graded School District, named after the Kentucky town * Brooksville, Maine * Brooksville, Mississippi * Brooksville, Oklahoma * Brooksville, West Virginia, an unincorporated community also known as Bigbend, West Virginia See also * Brookville (other) * Brooksville Advent Church Brooksville Advent Church is a historic church at 1338 Dog Team Road in New Haven, Vermont. It was built in 1837 and added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Georgia
Brooksville is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community was named after the Zuko. A variant name was "Zuksters". Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ... incorporated the place as the "Town of Zukos" in 1870, with the town limits extending in a radius from the Methodist church. Zukster was dissolved as a municipality in 1995. References Unincorporated communities in Randolph County, Georgia {{RandolphCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Kentucky
Brooksville is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 642. It is the county seat of Bracken County. The area was settled before 1800 by William and Joel Woodward and was originally known as Woodward's Crossroads. County government moved from Augusta to Woodward's Crossing in 1833 due to its more central location, although it did not become the official county seat until February 16, 1839. The legislation to formalize Woodward's Crossing as the county seat was sponsored by Senator David Brooks, and the town was renamed in his honor. The population has remained stable since 1970, when it was 609. Geography Brooksville is located in central Bracken County at (38.682144, -84.067362). Kentucky Routes 10 and 19 join in Brooksville. Route 10 leads east to Maysville, and Route 19 leads northeast to Augusta; both destinations are on the Ohio River. The two highways head jointly out of town to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville Independent-Graded School District
The Brooksville Independent-Graded School District is a former school district in Brooksville, Kentucky Brooksville is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 642. It is the county seat of Bracken County. The area was settled before 1800 by William and Joel Woodwa .... The District was founded in 1899, covering the City of Brooksville. It contained two schools, Brooksville Graded School and Brooksville High School. The district was superseded by the Bracken County School District in 1946. References School districts in Kentucky Education in Bracken County, Kentucky School districts established in 1899 1899 establishments in Kentucky {{Kentucky-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Maine
Brooksville is a town on Penobscot Bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 935. It contains the villages of North Brooksville, South Brooksville (on Buck's Harbor), West Brooksville, Brooksville Corner, and Harborside (on Cape Rosier). History The Brooksville area was inhabited by Native Americans of the Wabanaki confederation since ancient times. According to the Brooksville Historical Society there is a story, difficult to confirm, that Englishmen massacred a Wabanaki village at Walker Pond some time between 1690 and 1704. Brooksville's first English settlers were John Wasson, Samuel Wasson and David Hawes, soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Incorporated on June 13, 1817, the town was formed from parts of Castine, Penobscot and Sedgwick. It was named Brooksville after Governor John Brooks of Massachusetts, which then governed Maine. The surface of the town abounds with granite, and several quarries were established. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Mississippi
Brooksville is a town in Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,223 at the 2010 census. The Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is located west of the town, and the Black Prairie Wildlife Management Area is located to the north. History The town's name comes from the several brooks which flow nearby. A post office was established in 1846, and the town was incorporated in 1860. Brooksville was a stop on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built in the 1850s. Brooksville has a large Holdemann Mennonite community. Geography Brooksville is located at (33.232853, -88.581600). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 915 people, 448 households, and 303 families residing in the town. 2000 census At the census of 2000, there were 1,182 people, 439 households, and 305 families residing in the town. The population density was . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Oklahoma
Brooksville is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. It is one of the thirteen existing all-black towns in Oklahoma. The population was 63 at the 2010 census, a 30 percent decline from the figure of 90 in 2000. History One of more than fifty All-Black towns of Oklahoma, Brooksville is one of only thirteen still existing at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Located in Pottawatomie County four miles southwest of Tecumseh, Brooksville was established in 1903. Originally the town was named Sewell, after a white doctor who owned much of the surrounding land and attended the residents. In 1909 the name changed to Brooksville in honor of the first African American in the area, A. R. Brooks, a cotton buyer and farmer. Brooks served as postmaster here from March 18, 1909, until January 27, 1913, at which time his son, William M. Brooks, became postmaster. In 1906 Rev. Jedson White organized St. John's Baptist Church. Soon afterward, the congregation built a churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigbend, West Virginia
Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the Little Kanawha River. Its elevation is 682 feet (208 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 26136. Big Bend was previously known as Brooksville, in honor of Preston Brooks, pro-slavery representative from South Carolina, who attacked and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. At that time it was the county seat. At the end of the Civil War, and West Virginia's separation from Virginia, it was replaced by a new county seat with the name of Union General Ulysses Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookville (other)
Brookville may refer to any of the following: Places United States * Brookville, Illinois * Brookville, Indiana * Brookville, Kansas * Brookville, Michigan * Brookville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey * Brookville, Ocean County, New Jersey * Brookville, New York * Brookville, Ohio * Brookville, Pennsylvania * Brookville Township (other) Canada * Brookville, Nova Scotia * Brookville, Ontario Australia * the former name of Brooklyn, Tasmania Other uses * Brookville Locomotive Company, manufacturer of railroad locomotives starting in 1918 * Brookville (band), a pop-band / solo-project of Andy Chase from the band Ivy See also * Brookville High School (other) * Brooksville (other) * Brookeville, Maryland Brookeville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located north of Washington, D.C., and north of Olney. Brookeville was settled by Quakers late in the 18th century and was formally incorporated as a town in 1808. Historic ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
