Brooksville

Also known as Brooksville, Florida, Brooksville, FL

county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Florida
County: Hernando
Settled melendez and pierceville settlem: 1840–1845
Incorporated city of brooksville: October 13, 1880
Type: Council–Manager
Total: 11.28 sq mi (29.22 km )
Land: 11.19 sq mi (28.97 km )
Water: 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km )
Elevation: 128 ft (39 m)
Density: 794.9/sq mi (306.91/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
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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.