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Welcome to Brown ...

So far, we found very little information about Brown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brown, please Contact Us.


Brown would have been located within present day Sullivan County<2>.


The location of Brown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Brown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brown is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Brown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Brown would have been located in the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Brown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Brown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Montana, Nevada (4), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brown.

Communities near Brown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brown.

  • Milan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <5>
  • Unionville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <5>
  • Green City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
    • Green City is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Novinger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novinger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
    • Novinger is located in Adair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Cincinnati
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
    • Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
  • Greencastle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Newtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Newtown is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <5>
  • Lucerne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucerne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
    • Lucerne is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Pollock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
    • Pollock is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Worthington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Worthington is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brown. See our Newspapers Page for Brown.

Adding Brown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Brown post office opened in 1898.

We also found Brown on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brown.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

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 Brown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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