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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Browns Store. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Browns Store to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Browns Store, 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 Browns Store (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 Browns Store. 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.
Name Variations for Browns Store ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Browns Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Browns Store may originally have been Brown's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Store might be written as Brown Store.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Browns Store. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Browns Store.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Browns Store is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Allegany, Frederick, Franklin (PA), Fulton (PA), Loudoun (VA), Berkeley (WV), Jefferson (WV) & Morgan (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Browns Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns Store:
- Washington County (The home county of Browns Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Smithsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cavetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Pondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pondsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
- Greenvale Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Hill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Leitersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Chewsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Mount Aetna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Aetna is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aetna
- Robinwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robinwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinwood
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Mount Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lena is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lena
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Keysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Keymar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Harney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harney is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Fairground Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Taneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Union Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bark Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Linwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- McKinstrys Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- McKinstrys Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinstrys Mill
- Tyrone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Uniontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Sabillasville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thurmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Jimtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Emmitsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Creagerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Mountaindale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountaindale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
- Rocky Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Walk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Myersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charlesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Charlesville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Frostown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Green Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Howard County
- Long Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Corner is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Corner
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Hyattstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hyattstown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattstown
- Browningsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Browningsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browningsville
- Damascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adams County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Jacks Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Carroll Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zora is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zora
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia Mills is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills
- Greenmount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenmount is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Orrtanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McKnightstown Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKnightstown Station is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnightstown Station
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cashtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Seven Stars
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Gettysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mummasburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mummasburg is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mummasburg
- Cumberland County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Shippensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Franklin County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Blue Ridge Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Monterey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Rouzerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rouzerville is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouzerville
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Wayne Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Heights is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Heights
- Waynesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nunnery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nunnery is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnery
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zullinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zullinger is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zullinger
- Waynecastle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waynecastle is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynecastle
- Wingerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wingerton is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingerton
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- York County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Pennville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Bandanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bandanna is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandanna
- Loudoun County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Georges Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Georges Mill is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Mill
- Lovettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bolington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bolington is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolington
- Berkeley County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Scrabble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scrabble is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Falling Waters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bedington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bedington is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
- Swan Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond
- Little Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Hedgesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Baker Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Heights is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Heights
- Martinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Shepherdstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
- Harpers Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Town is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
- Bardane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bardane is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardane
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Cherry Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Holton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Holton is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Sleepy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns Store, see our County-by-County Page for Browns Store.
Cemeteries Near Browns Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns Store.
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 Browns Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Toms Cemetery #2
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Browns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- United Brethren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harbaugh Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stouffers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Welty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Trinity Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (351 more) ...
- Smithsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Otterbein Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Browns Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns Store, with the one closest to Browns Store listed first.
- Foxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foxville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Sabillasville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Edgemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edgemont is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
- Blue Ridge Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Pen Mar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pen Mar is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Smithsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Midvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midvale is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Ringgold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Cavetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fountain Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Roadside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roadside is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
- Leitersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns Store.
Newspapers Published in Browns Store ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns Store, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns Store.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Browns Store:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- York County
- Loudoun County
- Berkeley County
- Jefferson County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 Browns Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Browns Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |