58 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Brookline; town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The name is said to be a mod- 
ification of Brooklyn. Some authorities say, however, that the name was given 
because of a small creek running through the place. 
Brooklyn; township in Schuyler County, Illinois, town in Poweshiek County, 
Iowa, and villages in Jackson County, Michigan, and Perry County, Mississippi, 
named from Brooklyn, New York. 
Brooklyn; part of New York City; a corruption of the Dutch name Breuckelen, 
from a village in the province of Utrecht, Holland. The name signifies " broken 
up land " or " marshy land. ' ' 
Brooks; county in Georgia, named for Preston L. Brooks. 
Brooks; town in Waldo County, Maine, named for Governor Brooks, of Massa- 
chusetts. 
Brooks Grove; village in Livingston County, New York, named for Micah Brooks. 
Brooksville; town in Noxubee County, Mississippi, named for a resident family. 
Brookville; town in Franklin County, Indiana, named for Jesse Brook Thomas, the 
original proprietor. 
Brookville; town in Bracken County, Kentucky, named for David Brooks. 
{Broome; county in New York ; 
Broome Center; village in Schoharie County, New York. Named for Lieutenant- 
Governor John Broome. 
Brown; counties in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin, named for Maj. Gen. 
Jacob Brown, commander in chief, United States Army, 1821-1828. 
Brown; county in Kansas, named for O. H. Browne, member of the first Territorial 
legislature. 
Brown; county in Minnesota, named for Joseph R. Brown, a member of the council 
in 1855. 
Brown; county in Nebraska, named for two members of the committee who reported 
the bill for the organization of the county. 
Brown; county in South Dakota, named for Alfred Brown, a legislator in 1879. 
Brown; county in Texas, named for Henry S. Brown, an old settler. 
Brownfield; town in Oxford County, Maine, named for Capt. Henry Young Brown, 
to whom the site was granted. 
Browning-ton; town in Orleans County, Vermont, named for Timothy and Daniel 
Brown, to whom part of the land was originally granted. 
Browns; village in Edward County, Illinois, named for L. J. Brown, the principal 
landowner. 
fBrownstown; town in Jackson County, Indiana; 
'Brownsville; town in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Named for Gen. Jacob Brown. 
Brownsville; borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, named for the Brown 
brothers, Thomas and Basil, early settlers. 
Brownsville; city in Cameron County, Texas, named for Major Brown, who was 
killed there at the beginning of the war with Mexico. 
Browntown; village in Green County, Wisconsin, named for William G. Brown, an 
early settler. 
Brownville; town in Piscataquis County, Maine, named for Deacon Francis Brown, 
an early resident. 
Brownville; city in Nemaha County, Nebraska, named for the first settler, Richard 
Brown, who went there from Holt County, Missouri. 
Brownville; town in Jefferson County, New York, named for John Brown, an early 
settler, father of General Brown. 
Brownwood; city in Texas, named for Henry S. Brown, an old settler. 
Bruceton Mills; town in Preston County, West Virginia, named for an early prom- 
inent settler. 
