Ghost town in Texas, United States
| Brookhaven, Texas | |
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| Ghost town | |
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| Coordinates: 31°10′50″N 97°37′34″W / 31.18056°N 97.62611°W / 31.18056; -97.62611 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bell |
| Elevation | 705 ft (215 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 254 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1379459 |
Brookhaven is a ghost town in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
History
A post office was established at Brookhaven in 1884 and remained in operation until 1913. It had a Masonic hall, a cotton gin, two general stores, two drugstores, and three churches for Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian congregations serving 75 residents in 1896. It dropped to 50 in the mid-1940s and had two businesses. It is now a part of the Fort Hood military base.
Geography
Brookhaven was located on Oak Branch, 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Belton in northwestern Bell County.
Education
Brookhaven's local school was built in the summer of 1882 and had 132 students enrolled in 1903. Today, Brookhaven is located within the Belton Independent School District.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brookhaven, Texas
- ^ Odintz, Mark. "Brookhaven, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
| Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Texas, United States | ||
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| County seat: Belton | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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