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Welcome to Brownstown ...

Brownstown is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brownstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Brownstown is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brownstown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Brownstown: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Brownstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Brownstown - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana (2), Maryland, Michigan, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania (4), Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brownstown.

Communities near Brownstown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brownstown.

  • Ashdown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ashdown is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <4>
  • Nashville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mineral Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Horatio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lockesburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Wilton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilton is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
  • Tollette
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tollette is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Winthrop
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ogden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ogden is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
  • Ben Lomond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)

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 Brownstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brownstown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brownstown. 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 Brownstown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownstown. See our Newspapers Page for Brownstown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brownstown ...

Looking for more information about Brownstown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brownstown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brownstown.

Adding Brownstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brownstown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Brownstown was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brownstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brownstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Brownstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Brownstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.