The New Brockton post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Brockton (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 328 in 19102020 census: 1,428119 years
How historic is New Brockton?
C−
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first New Brockton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives New Brockton’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, New Brockton is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of New Brockton’s overall grade.
Alabama towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Alabama town has 2.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so New Brockton’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (26% of Alabama towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about New Brockton’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Brockton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
New Brockton is a town in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,428. The community was named for Huey E. Brock, a settler who came to the region in 1871. New Brockton is part of the Enterprise Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,146 to 1,428 (+25%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
New Brockton, 1898 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
New Brockton’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Brockton, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Brockton
1898–1907
New Brockton
1907–today
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Byrds Milllocale
1cemetery inside New Brockton
New Brockton City
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about New Brockton’s history
What year was New Brockton founded?
The New Brockton post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does New Brockton rank for history?
New Brockton is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in New Brockton?
13% of New Brockton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1985.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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