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Introduction ...

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 Browns Corner (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 Browns Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Browns Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Browns Corner: Browns Cor. (or less commonly used: Browns Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Browns Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Browns Corner may originally have been Brown's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Corner might be written as Brown Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Browns Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Browns Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Browns Corner is located in Yolo County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

Below are the counties that are near Browns Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns Corner:

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Browns Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Woodland
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Yolo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Plainfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Knights Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Zamora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Davis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Madison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • El Macero
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Esparto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Winters
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bryte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Harrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • College City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
    • Spanish Flat
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Riego
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
    • Roseville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Clayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Lincoln
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Elverta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sacramento
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
    • Rio Linda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ben Ali
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
    • Town and Country Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Freeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Parkway - South Sacramento
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Arcade ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
    • Arden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
    • North Highlands
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Perkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Perkins is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Dixon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Allendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Batavia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Hartley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Leisure Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
    • Elmira
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Vacaville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Oxford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Oxford is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Travis Field
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Robbins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Nicolas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Rio Oso
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bogue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Wheatland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Browns Corner.

Cemeteries Near Browns Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns Corner.

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 Browns Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.

  • Woodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodland City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8455 <3>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990865 <3>
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <3>
  • Mary's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Gordon Family Cemetery
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southeast of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <3>
  • Davis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Davis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7930 <3>
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tremont Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • Capay Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Capay Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Esparto.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7881 <3>
    • Winters Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
      • The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Masonic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <3>
    • Silveyville Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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.<5>

While we didn't find Browns Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns Corner, with the one closest to Browns Corner listed first.

  • Woodland
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mullen ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mullen is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
  • Yolo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Merritt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
  • Plainfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Citrona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
  • Davis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Knights Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Swingle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
  • Webster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Webster is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
  • Esparto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Winters
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Dixon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns Corner.

Newspapers Published in Browns Corner ...

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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns Corner, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Browns Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Browns Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Browns Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.