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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Brownsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brownsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownsville, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Brownsville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Brownsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Brownsville is historic, it would have been located within present day Lonoke County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lonoke County: Arkansas, Faulkner, Jefferson, Prairie, Pulaski & White.
Below are the counties that are near Brownsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownsville:
- Lonoke County (The home county of Brownsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Sisemore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Lonoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCreanor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Bayou Meto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- Cabot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Parkers Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Cobbs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Parham ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parham is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
- Stuttgart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Humphrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Otto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Vilonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beryl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Hamlet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Tucker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Wright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Sherrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Monroe County
- Roe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Screeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Hickory Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Hazen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tollville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- Fairmount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- De Valls Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Des Arc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Biscoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Brasfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Sand Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gravel Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McAlmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McAlmont is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlmont
- Willowdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Willowdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Booker
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Booker is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Sherwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rose City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Argenta is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
- College Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Little Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Beebe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McRae
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McRae is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
- Garner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Griffithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Griffithville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- El Paso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Higginson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Higginson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Center Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Kensett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Romance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Searcy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownsville, see our County-by-County Page for Brownsville.
Cemeteries Near Brownsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownsville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Brownsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Brownsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lonoke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wattensaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Legate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Brownsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Lonoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sisemore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- McCreanor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Wattensaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wattensaw is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattensaw
- Bayou Meto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Kerr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kerr is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Pettus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pettus is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus
- Butlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Butlerville is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Screeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Barrettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barrettsville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- Cabot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownsville.
Newspapers Published in Brownsville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownsville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Brownsville:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Lonoke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Faulkner County
- Jefferson County
- Monroe County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brownsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brownsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |