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Welcome to Brownlee ...

So far, we found very little information about Brownlee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brownlee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownlee, please Contact Us.

Brownlee would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brownlee is 8,000 feet [2,438 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Brownlee is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Brownlee was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Brownlee was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities Also Named Brownlee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Brownlee - they are located in Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan and Texas.

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

Communities near Brownlee ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Brownlee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brownlee 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 Brownlee was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brownlee.

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 Brownlee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brownlee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Brownlee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Brownlee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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