Brookside, Oconto County, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Brookside
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Oconto
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:620
Coordinates:44.8047°N -87.9978°W
Area Code:920
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1562245

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, 8.7miles southwest of Oconto.[1]

Brookside was named from its location at a brook.[2] The town did have a post office that was established in 1871 but it was discontinued in late 1925.[3] Brookside was originally established as a crossroads community in June 1852.[4] 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.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Oconto County. 2011. November 27, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120130222526/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/oconto.pdf. January 30, 2012.
  2. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 47.
  3. https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto&searchtext=&pagenum=2
  4. https://ocontohistory.org/oconto-county-time-line/
  5. https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvbrookside.htm