Brookford, NC

Brookford is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 442 residents. Brookford is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brookford was incorporated March 1, 1907. Brookford's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider North Carolina setting. The local scoop is how Brookford's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Brookford began as a mill village, deriving its name from the combination of the two owner's names Holbrook and Shuford. Brookford is located in western Catawba County. Brookford is bordered to the north by Hickory and to the southwest by the unincorporated community of Mountain View.