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  Brooks County, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Brooks County was created 11 December 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly.
In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooks_County,_Georgia   (392 words)

  
 Brooks County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
In the county, the population was spread out with 31.60% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older.
It was one of the counties in Texas which John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for President in 2004 carried.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas   (417 words)

  
 Georgia Department of Community Affairs
According to the Census, in Brooks County, 57.4% of the residents were white and 39.3% were fl.
In Brooks County, 26.9% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while 15.0% were age 65 or older.
Brooks County had 2.2 hospital beds per 1,000 population in 2000, which was less than the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population.
www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p2.asp?County=Brooks   (388 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Falfurrias, the county's largest town and county seat, is in northeastern Brooks County at the junction of U.S. Highway 281, State highway 285, and Farm roads 2191 and 1418.
In the northeast corner of the county the soils are light-colored and loamy at the surface and clayey beneath.
As a result, the Brooks County area remained largely Hispanic in character, and many of the original Hispanic rancheros were able to hold on to all of their land and to dominate the local political scene into the early 1890s.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/hcb16.html   (1974 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Brooks County
The county was named for Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina, an extremely popular young legislator known for his intensely southern sentiments and his zealous defense of southern rights.
In 1853 Brooks was elected to Congress as a States' Rights Democrat and served until his death four years later, at the age of thirty-eight.
According to the 2000 U.S. census the population of Brooks County was 16,450.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties&id=h-2299   (490 words)

  
 Brooks County Profile
Brooks County, is centrally located in the South Texas Triangle, which is formed by the Rio Grande River, the Nieces River, and the Gulf of Mexico.
In 1995, the population of the county was 8,412.
Brooks County was established in March 1911 and organized in September of the same year.
agfacts.tamu.edu /D12/Brooks/nprofile.htm   (549 words)

  
 Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Brooks County was formed from parts of Lowndes and Thomas counties and was named for Preston Brooks, a member of Congress prior to the Civil War and an avid defender of state rights.
Brooks County officials paid for the structure with $14,958 in Confederate money, a fortunate circumstance for the county, since this currency was soon to become useless.
The Brooks County Peach Festival is held in Morven.
www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p1.asp?County=Brooks   (202 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
County History: Brooks County was created by an act of the General Assembly approved on Dec. 11, 1858 (Ga. Laws 1858, p.
Created from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties, Georgia's 131st county was named for South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks, an ardent supporter of states' rights.
The act creating Brooks County directed the judges of the inferior court to select a site within four miles of the center of the new county for erection of public buildings.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/brooksCH.htm   (274 words)

  
 Brooks County Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brooks County, FIPSCODE 48047, is the 181st largest of the 254 counties in Texas, with an estimated population of 7,976 in 2000.
The county's population was 8,204 in 1990 and 7,976 in 2000, an increase of -228.
The county civilian labor force was 3,725 in March 2002 reflecting an increase from the March 2001 level of 3,325.
community.tded.state.tx.us /counties/county.cfm?id=48047   (784 words)

  
 Brooks County Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The historic Brooks County Hospital began in 1935 when a group of Brooks County physicians and other concerned citizens decided to build a hospital in Quitman.
Brooks County Hospital has, for many years, been developing a seamless healthcare delivery system that provides the people of south Georgia and north Florida with a continuum of care.
The Brooks County Dialysis Facility is part of a five facility outpatient network which has recently begun to offer a technological advance in a smaller, more portable home peritoneal dialysis equipment that has given new freedom to the patients of Archbold Dialysis Services.
www.archbold.org /?Page=Brooks_County&Action=Default   (770 words)

  
 Georgia Division of Public Health | Counties | Brooks County
Brooks County had 11.8 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons.
Brooks County was formed in 1858 from parts of Lowndes and Thomas counties and was named for Preston Brooks, a member of Congress prior to the Civil War and an avid defender of states' rights.
Brooks County is home to several endangered plant and animal species including, the Pond Spicebush, the Wood Stork, and the Eastern Indigo snake.
health.state.ga.us /regional/brooks/index.asp   (190 words)

  
 The Brooks County Chamber of Commerce
The Quitman-Brooks County Economic Development Office and the Quitman-Brooks County Chamber of Commerce are organized for the purpose of promoting economic development in Quitman and brooks County, Georgia.
Brooks County's geographical location is well positioned for markets in the southeast and has direct access to Georgia's ports for international trade.
Brooks County has strongly supported a union free work environment in the past.
www.quitmangeorgia.org /main/economicdev.html   (597 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Brooks County Historical Markers
Served in Texas Legislature, 1909-1911; was County Judge of Brooks County, 1911-1939.
The tree died in the 1890s, before the formation of Brooks County, the victim of an extended drought.
Marker Text: The first permanent settlement in Brooks County, Los Olmos was located at the southwest corner of El Paisano Land Grant, given to Ramon de la Garza about 1830 by the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
www.forttours.com /pages/hmbrooks.asp   (745 words)

  
 Brooks County, Texas TX, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Brooks County, TX The county was named for John Brooks, who worked to establish the county
Brooks County is one of 254 counties in Texas.
This was a decrease of -2.80% from the 2000 census.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22599   (410 words)

  
 Triple Crown Hometowns - Quitman - Brooks County
Brooks County adds yet another dimension to South Georgia, boasting Quitman as the county seat distinctive for its heritage of community sprit, genuine neighborliness is infectious.
Brooks County was the main producer of food for the Confederacy and became known throughout the U.S. as the “breadbasket of the South.” Work continued on the courthouse until competition, renovated in 1882, the county offices still operate there today.
Three things were uppermost in the minds and hearts of Brooks County residents in the early days and have remained ever since: religion, education and agriculture.
www.georgiaretire.com /main1/staticpages/index.php?page=20040408122324276   (842 words)

  
 TDHCA Awards Disaster Relief Funds to Brooks County, City of Toyah
Excessive rain fell on Brooks County between October 9 and October 20, 2003, causing severe flooding in the south Texas county.
County officials applied for disaster relief funding April 6, 2004, and TDHCA staff scored and recommended the application for approval.
Just as Brooks County was submitting its application, heavy rains were falling on the west Texas community of Toyah April 4-5.
www.tdhca.state.tx.us /features/feature_ToyahRelief-040514.htm   (283 words)

  
 Brooks County, GA News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Georgia officials said soybean rust was found yesterday on a sample collected from kudzu in Brooks County, southeast of Quitman.
Brooks County - Four South Georgians were arrested in a drug bust over the weekend.
QUITMAN a ' The Brooks County Sheriffa s Office is asking for anyone who may have been molested by a Pavo man to come forward before his sentencing.
www.topix.net /county/brooks-ga   (635 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
John Abijah Brooks, Texas Ranger captain, state legislator, and county judge of Brooks County, son of Dr. John and Mary Jane (Kerr) Brooks, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on November 20, 1855.
Brooks had a lean frame, angular features, a mustache, a soft voice, and kindly yet determined manners.
Brooks died on January 15, 1944, and was buried in Falfurrias.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fbrdv.html   (495 words)

  
 WEB
Brooks County, along with a statewide network of communities, is committed to improving life for children and families.
Brooks was a captain in the Mexican War and later became a
Brooks County became the main producer of food for the Confederacy during the War Between the States, and subsequently was known throughout the
members.surfsouth.com /~dfcs/Brooks1.html   (301 words)

  
 County Court at Law #1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Judge Brooks was the first elected female trial court Judge in Williamson County and began her term of office in January 2003.
Throughout her ten-year career as a prosecutor, Judge Brooks was a courtroom advocate for abused and neglected children in many child abuse cases.
Judge Brooks received a Bachelors Degree in Public Administration from the University of Mississippi and her Law Degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston.
wcportals.wilco.org /county_courts/court_1/index.htm   (185 words)

  
 Brooks County Texas dating agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brooks County Texas dating service that organizes matchmaking parties in local bars allowing singles to quickly meet new people on dates.
Brooks County Texas Match Makerinterview and a questionaire to bring together prospective partners.
Brooks County Texas dating service dedicated to providing social contacts for people with physical and mental disabilities.
dating.matchmakerintros.com /profiles/6254.html   (320 words)

  
 Brooks County Texas chat room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brooks County Texas rooms in various categories and a directory of other sites.
Brooks County Texas web based chat rooms for everyone with an emphasis on chat safety.
Brooks County Texas chat communities for teens, adults, singles.
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 Brooks
Fannie was born on January 5, 1863 in Hays County, Texas and is the daughter of Andrew Jackson Massey (born 1832 in Georgia) and Martha Massey.
Ben was born on April 7, 1874 in Lavaca County, Texas and is the son of Jacob Clawson Quick (born 1833 in South Carolina) and Mary Ann (Washington) Quick (born 1836 in Georgia).
Frank was born on August 22, 1837 in Talbot County, Georgia and is the son of Williamson Brooks and Susannah (Olliff) Brooks.
www.rcasey.net /brooks/hilthos.htm   (3853 words)

  
 Brooks County Texas personals service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brooks County Texas Personals dating service for singles looking for love and romance.
Brooks County Texas Social groups, dating spots, single parents, places to meet, where to find personals ads.
Brooks County Texas Free personals, advice on writing personal ads, chat rooms, and singles dating services.
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 Brooks County Georgia personals service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brooks County Georgia Personals dating service for singles looking for love and romance.
Brooks County Georgia Social groups, dating spots, single parents, places to meet, where to find personals ads.
Brooks County Georgia Free personals, advice on writing personal ads, chat rooms, and singles dating services.
personals-service.matchmakerintros.com /profileforum/3337.html   (341 words)

  
 Brooks County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Active eagle nests were located in Brooks County 1991-1992.
Active rookeries were located in Brooks County 1991-1998 and 2000-2002.
Last breeding record for Brooks County was in 1970.
www.fws.gov /athens/endangered/counties/brooks_county.html   (294 words)

  
 Brooks County GAGenWeb
Brooks County was created by an act of the General Assembly approved on Dec. 11, 1858.
In Jan. 1859, a month after the creation of Brooks County, the home of Thomas Folsom in Quitman was used as the county's first court room.
All of the information submitted to this project remains-to the extent that the law allows-the property of the submitter, who by submitting it agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commerical venture without the knowledge and consent of the rightful owner.
www.rootsweb.com /~gabrooks   (464 words)

  
 Brooks County Texas Mortgages - Refinance in Brooks County Texas - Brooks County Texas Mortgage Rates.
We work hard to provide our website visitors with the best Brooks County Texas mortgage and refinance information so they can find the the lowest Brooks County TX mortgage interest rates available and the lowest total cost Texas mortgages for both TX residential mortgages and USA commercial loans.
Brooks County Texas interest rates can fluctuate many times during each day that the financial markets are open.
Brooks County TX Mortgage rates tend to follow the bond market.
www.refinancetexasmortgage.com /refinance-brooks-county-texas-mortgages/index.html   (490 words)

  
 Brooks Ancestry
Angelina F. Brooks was born 10 Feb 1859 at Loma and married Marion Smith.
Robert Mann Brooks (twin of Willey McCann) was born 28 Jun 1868 at Loma.
Willey McCann Brooks (twin of Robert Mann Brooks) was born 28 June 1868 at Loma.
www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/nirvana/621/brooks.html   (2685 words)

  
 Brooks County, Georgia a Building Contractor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marion Brooks was an anchor at Atlanta's W-S-B Television...
Raleigh News & Observer - Marion Brooks is attractive and successful, and when she takes the witness stand in federal court, probably today, all eyes will be on her.
That isn't just because Brooks is a TV news personality well-known in Atlanta and Chicago, but because she is...
www.rcrisonlab.com /county-14057/building_contractors/brooks.htm   (318 words)

  
 Brooks County Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The earliest records are for Effingham (1754), though most counties have records beginning in the 1800s.
Counties not included are: Appling, Baker, Bryan, Burke, Clinch, Cobb, Dade, Gordon, Gwinnett, Heard, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, McIntosh, Twiggs, Walker, and Ware.
Records indexed may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered.
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