Brooksville is a home rule-class city[3] in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States.

The legislation to formalize Woodward's Crossing as the county seat was sponsored by Senator David Brooks, and the town was renamed in his honor.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.46 square miles (1.2 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the city was 98.81% White, 0.17% African American, 1.02% from other races.

35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 25.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.