Brooksville, Florida
Brooksville, Florida | |
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Location in Hernando County and the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 28°30′38″N 82°23′19″W / 28.51056°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 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.28 sq mi (29.22 km2) |
| • Land | 11.19 sq mi (28.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km2) |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,890 |
| • Density | 794.9/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 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403936 |
| Website | www |
Brooksville is a city in and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brooksville had a population of 8,890. 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.