Brookside is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of Pensaukee, Oconto County,

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, United States. Brookside is located on County Highway J near

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, southwest of Oconto. Brookside was named from its location at a brook. The town did have a post office that was established in 1871 but it was discontinued in late 1925. Brookside was originally established as a crossroads community in June 1852. In the early 1900s, Brookside had a cheese factory on the eastside of Highway J, south of the intersection. After the closing of the school and bars in the late 1950s, Brookside has since become a sleepy rural community.https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvbrookside.htm

Notable people

* Wally Ladrow, football player

References

Unincorporated communities in Oconto County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Green Bay metropolitan area {{OcontoCountyWI-geo-stub