Census Data for Browns Landing
As far as we can tell, Browns Landing<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Browns Landing, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Hurlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Federalsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Brookview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- East New Market
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Galestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Secretary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sharptown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Seaford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blades
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
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- Vienna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mardela Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
Dorchester County ...
Browns Landing is located in Dorchester County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dorchester County.
Miscellaneous Information for Browns Landing ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Dorchester County or the community of Browns Landing:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Browns Landing:
- GNIS ID for Browns Landing: 589833
- GNIS ID for Dorchester County: 596495
- GNIS ID for State of Maryland: 1714934
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Browns Landing is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Browns Landing.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Browns Landing may originally have been Brown's Landing. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Landing might be written as Brown Landing. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Browns Landing. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |