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History · Brooksville

16% of Brooksville’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Dwyer House.

1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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What stands out about Brooksville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Brooksville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brooksville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Brooksville is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Brooksville had a population of 654. It is the county seat of Bracken County. The area was settled before 1800 by William and Joel Woodward and was originally known as Woodward's Crossroads. County government moved from Augusta to Woodward's Crossing in 1833 due to its more central location, although it did not become the official county seat until February 16, 1839. The legislation to formalize Woodward's Crossing as the county seat was sponsored by Senator David Brooks, and the town was renamed in his honor.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 642 in 2010, 654 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Brooksville, 1833 to 1932

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Born hereJohn Blades Clarke is born here
  3. 1839Post officeThe Brookville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1928Born hereHerb Moford is born here
  6. 1932Born hereEd McClanahan is born here
By decade

Brooksville, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Brooksville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2026
Dwyer House
All 1 listings
Dwyer HouseBuilding · listed 2026

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Brooksville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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John Blades ClarkeAmerican politician · b. 1833
Herb MofordAmerican baseball player · b. 1928
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Ed McClanahanAmerican writer from Kentucky · b. 1932

Questions about Brooksville’s history

What is on the National Register in Brooksville?

One place: the Dwyer House (listed 2026).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.