Brookston is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States; located along the Saint Louis River, opposite the mouth of the Artichoke River. The population was 118 at the 2020 census.
Brookston is located 27 miles west of the city of Duluth and 17 miles northwest of the city of Cloquet.
U.S. Highway 2 and Saint Louis County Road 31 (CR 31) are two of the main routes in Brookston.
The city of Brookston is located within Culver Township geographically but is a separate entity. Brookston is politically independent of the township.
Brookston is located on the northern edge of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. It is one of three administrative centers of the reservation.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
History
thumb|Elevator and Great Northern DepotBrookston is a city in sections 27 and 34 of Culver Township; it was platted about 1905 and incorporated as a village on April 13, 1907; the post office began in 1899. The city was destroyed by a forest fire in 1918 and rebuilt. It was formerly known as Stoney Brook Junction, the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad station located in section 28.