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Welcome to Browning ...So far, we found very little information about Browning. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Browning to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Browning, please Contact Us. Browning would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>. The location of Browning has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Browning, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. While the community is gone, the present day location for Browning is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Browning was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Browning once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Browning ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Browning: This one is located in Jackson County and the other is located in Summers County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 14 communities that are also named Browning - they are located in California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Saskatchewan and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Browning. Communities near Browning ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Browning.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Browning. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Browning. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Browning. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browning. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Browning. See our Newspapers Page for Browning. Adding Browning to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Browning in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Browning was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Browning on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Browning. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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