Brookfield Center, Wisconsin

Brookfield Center was a rural hamlet in the late 19th century in the Town of Brookfield in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, roughly four miles northwest of Elm Grove. There was a post office there at least as late as 1890,^[1] but does not appear in the 1891 Wisconsin Blue Book.^[2]

Notable people

• Charles Brown (Wisconsin politician), farmer and state legislator
• George W. Brown (Wisconsin politician), state legislator
• Chauncey Purple, state legislator

References

1. Waukesha County gazetteer and farmers' and land owners' directory, 1890-91 Waukesha, Wisconsin: United States Central Publishing Co., 1890-1891; pp. 442 et seq.
2. Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1891 Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1891; p. 342