Brooks is a town in Waldo County, incorporated on December 10, 1816 from the former Washington Plantation. The town swapped land with Monroe several times (1824, 1844, 1883) and conceded some land to Swanville in 1844.
Named for Governor John Brooks of Massachusetts, Brooks is located at the junction of state Routes 7 and 139 and on the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway line.
The former Masonic Hall on Route 139 has been converted into the Marsh River Theater, which boasts locally produced performances weekly during the summer. Beginning in 1996 a group of volunteers began the renovation which has brought the venue to become a fine a community resource.
Marsh Stream or Marsh River as it is also known, which originates in the town of Knox and passes through Jones Bog in Monroe, runs through the main village. A dam near an old mill site broadens the stream into a pleasant pond.
