Brookside, Oconto County, Wisconsin

Brookside
Unincorporated community
Brookside is located in Wisconsin
Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is located in the United States
Brookside
Brookside
Coordinates: 44°48′17″N 87°59′52″W / 44.80472°N 87.99778°W / 44.80472; -87.99778
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyOconto
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
GNIS feature ID1562245[1]

Brookside is an unincorporated community located in the town of Pensaukee, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Brookside is located on County Highway J near U.S. Route 41, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) southwest of Oconto.[2]

Brookside was named from its location at a brook.[3] The town did have a post office that was established in 1871 but it was discontinued in late 1925.[4] Brookside was originally established as a crossroads community in June 1852.[5] 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.[6]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brookside, Oconto County, Wisconsin
  2. ^ Oconto County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 47.
  4. ^ https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto&searchtext=&pagenum=2
  5. ^ https://ocontohistory.org/oconto-county-time-line/
  6. ^ https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvbrookside.htm


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