Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Brownsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Brownsville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brownsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Brownsville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brownsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Brownsville was listed as Brownsville Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Brownsville was listed as Brownsville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Brownsville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Brownsville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Brownsville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brownsville. See our Misc Page for Brownsville for more information.