Brooks, California

38°44′30″N 122°08′53″W / 38.74167°N 122.14806°W / 38.74167; -122.14806

Brooks
Brooks is located in California
Brooks
Brooks
Location in California
Brooks is located in the United States
Brooks
Brooks
Brooks (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°44′30″N 122°08′53″W / 38.74167°N 122.14806°W / 38.74167; -122.14806
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyYolo County
Area
 • Total4.30 sq mi (11.15 km2)
 • Land4.30 sq mi (11.15 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation341 ft (104 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total31
 • Density7.20/sq mi (2.78/km2)
FIPS code06-08506

Brooks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[3] in Yolo County, California, located in the Capay Valley in the northwest of the county. Brooks' ZIP Code is 95606 and its area code 530. The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is headquartered in Brooks. The town is home to a large casino Cache Creek Casino Resort.[1] It lies at an elevation of 341 feet (104 m).

A post office was opened in Brooks in 1884.[4] According to the Greater Capay Valley Historical Society, Brooks residents had to rely on passenger train service from the Vaca Valley and Clearlake Railroad at the train depots at the surrounding towns of Cadenasso and Tancred (towns that no longer exist). Brooks had no train station.[2]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brooks, California
  3. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 455. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.