About Brookport, Illinois

Brookport stands in southeastern Massac County on the north bank of the Ohio River, across from Paducah, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, the community passed through the names Pellonia and Brooklyn before becoming Brookport in 1901. The 2020 census recorded 725 residents.

  • Founded as PelloniaCharles Pell founded the community in 1855, and its original name, Pellonia, honored him.
  • Railroad RevivalAfter an early decline, the community revived when the Illinois Central Railroad was built nearby in the late 1880s.
  • Brooklyn to BrookportReincorporated as Brooklyn in 1888, the city adopted Brookport, combining Brooklyn and port, in 1901.
  • Historic River CrossingThe two-lane steel Brookport Bridge, officially the Irvin S. Cobb Bridge, was completed across the Ohio River in 1929.
  • Compact FootprintThe Census Bureau reports a total area of 0.66 square miles, including 0.01 square miles of water.

Find your street

Names on the Brookport map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Brookport City Hall

Streets and roads43

  • Ohio Street
  • Paducah-Brookport Road
  • Front Street
  • Caldwell Street
  • West Fourth Street
  • East Fifth Street
  • Second Street
  • Pell Road
  • County Highway 8
  • West Third Street
  • Crockett Street
  • Unionville Road
  • West Second Street
  • East Third Street
  • East Seventh Street
  • George Street
  • East Eighth Street
  • Plyant Street
  • Kerr Street
  • East Ninth Street
  • East Fourth Street
  • Baynes Street
  • West Fifth Street
  • Ferry Street
  • Davis Street
  • Margrave Street
  • East Sixth Street
  • East Second Street
  • West Seventh Street
  • Short Street
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  • Russel Street
  • Metropolis Street
  • Wallace Lane
  • Alexander Street
  • South US Highway 45
  • Miles Circle
  • Hardy-Tucker Lane
  • Tiffiany Lane
  • Jennifer Lane
  • Shanna Lane
  • County Highway 6
  • West Eighth Street
  • Gaines Street

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

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