Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Blount County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 10 ′ N , 86 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 244 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 205 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-09760 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0114969 | ||
Brooksville is a civil parish in Blount County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Brooksville is located in northern Alabama in the southern United States.
Nearby locations include Snead (6 km southeast), Susan Moore (7 km southeast), Holly Pond (10 km west), Blountsville (10 km southwest), and Douglas (11 km east). The next larger city with 212,000 inhabitants is about 65 kilometers to the south of Birmingham .
history
The place was named after the settler Henry Brooks who settled here.
traffic
Brooksville is located at an intersection where the joint west-east running route of US Highway 278 and Alabama State Route 74 intersects with Alabama State Route 79 running in north-south direction . About 4 kilometers to the west there is a connection to US Highway 231 .
About 20 kilometers northeast is Albertville Regional Airport and 22 kilometers south of Robbins Field Airport .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 24 ( on Google Books )