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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Brown City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Brown City 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 Brown City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

 

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brown City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

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