Brookfield
A historical populated place in Wahkiakum County, Washington, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS historical note
Established in 1873 when Joseph George Megler built a salmon cannery. Named after Brookfield, MA, where his wife Nellie E. Megler's birthplace. After the cannery closed and families moved away, the town was bulldozed by a timber company in 1957 to protect timber from fire.
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1510839. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
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- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.