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Welcome to Brown's Crossing ...

Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brown's Crossing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Brown's Crossing: Browns Xing.

Brown's Crossing is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brown's Crossing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Brown's Crossing: 478

Communities Also Named Brown's Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Brown's Crossing - they are located in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brown's Crossing.

Communities near Brown's Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brown's Crossing.

  • Milledgeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Belvedere Manor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
  • Eatonton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jones Acres
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Acres is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
  • Gray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Dedrich
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
  • The Colony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
  • Gordon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ivey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
  • McIntyre
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brown's Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Brown's Crossing? 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 Brown's Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brown's Crossing.

Adding Brown's Crossing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brown's Crossing 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 Brown's Crossing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Brown's Crossing post office opened in 1877. The Brown's Crossing post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brown's Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Baldwin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brown's Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/