Brooksville, Maine

Brooksville is a town located in Hancock County, Maine, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 911.

Notable residents

• Clarence Milville Condon (1875-1916), Battery Sergeant who won the Medal of Honor for heroism in battle near near Calulut, Luzon, Philippine Islands, November 1899.
• Archibald Cox (1912-2004), Boston lawyer, U.S. solicitor general, and the first special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal.
• John Mack (a.k.a. Michael Connely) (1843-1865), Navy seaman who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in defending St. Marks, Florida, in March 1865.
• Robert McCloskey (1914-2003), award-winning author and illustrator of childlren's books, including Homer Price and Make Way for Ducklings. Some of them feature stories and pictures of Maine, such as Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Time of Wonder (the latter two set in Brooksville).
• Helen and Scott Nearing (Helen 1904-1995, Scott 1883-1993), influential peace activists and advocates of simple living, authors of Living the Good Life, and founders of Brooksville's Good Life Center (in Harborside, Cape Rosier).
• David Atwood Wasson (1823-1887), lawyer, pastor, political thinker, and poet, considered by Frank Preston Stearns to be a member of the Concord circle, with Emerson and Hawthorne, and "the first and most original of American thinkers."