Brooksville, Florida | |
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| City of Brooksville | |
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 Location in Hernando County and the state of Florida | |
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| Coordinates: 28°33′13″N 82°23′19″W / 28.55361°N 82.38861°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Hernando |
| Settled (Melendez and Pierceville Settlements) | 1840-1845 |
| Incorporated (Town of Brooksville) | 1856 |
| Incorporated (City of Brooksville) | October 13, 1880 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Blake Bell |
| • Vice Mayor | David Bailey |
| • Council Members | Thomas Bronson, Casey Thieryung, and Christa Tanner |
| • City Manager | Charlene F. Kuhn |
| • City Clerk | Jennifer J. Battista |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.28 sq mi (29.22 km2) |
| • Land | 11.18 sq mi (28.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2) |
| Elevation | 194 ft (59 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,890 |
| • Density | 794.89/sq mi (306.91/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 34601-34605, 34613-34614 |
| Area code | 352 |
| FIPS code | 12-08800[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0279446[4] |
| Website | www |
Brooksville is a city and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, in the United States.[5] At the 2010 census it had a population of 7,719,[6] up from 7,264 at the 2000 census. Brooksville is home to historic buildings and residences, including the homes of former Florida governor William Sherman Jennings and football player Jerome Brown.
Brooksville, established in 1856 by the merger of the towns of Melendez and Pierceville, took its name to honor Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery congressman from South Carolina, who caned and seriously injured Charles Sumner, an abolitionist and United States senator from Massachusetts.
- ^ "City County List - Division of Library and Information Services - Florida Department of State".
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". Data.census.gov. Retrieved February 14, 2022.