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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Brownsport. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brownsport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownsport, 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 Brownsport (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 Brownsport. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Brownsport is historic, it would have been located within present day White County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of White County: Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wayne, Gibson (IN) & Posey (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Brownsport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownsport:
- White County (The home county of Brownsport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Maunie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Phillipstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carmi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Herald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Stokes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Grayville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Roland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norris City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burnt Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Ellery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Red Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Browns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bone Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Omaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Old Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Equality
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Bungay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Broughton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McLeansboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Diamond City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Piopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Walpole
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Belle Prairie City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Texas City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Saline City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Eldorado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Cottage Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Raleigh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Keensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Golden Gate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyleston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Mounts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Owensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haubstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Fort Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Posey County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Savah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- New Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bufkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Hovey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Hepburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Barrett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Stewartsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Caborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caborn is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Vanderburgh County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Kasson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Cypress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Darmstadt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Inglefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stacer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- McCutchanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Daylight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Smith Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Corydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Raleigh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Chapman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hitesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Flournoy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Morganfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownsport, see our County-by-County Page for Brownsport.
Cemeteries Near Brownsport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownsport.
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 Brownsport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownsport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Absher Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McFadden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bowling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Ferry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seals Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- French Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Brownsport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownsport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownsport, with the one closest to Brownsport listed first.
- Elm Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Phillipstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Upton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upton is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- New Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carmi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Erwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Solitude
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Herald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownsport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownsport.
Newspapers Published in Brownsport ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownsport, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownsport.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Brownsport:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edwards County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Saline County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- Gibson County
- Posey County
- Vanderburgh County
- Henderson County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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 Brownsport, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brownsport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |