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Welcome to Browns Spring ...

Browns Spring is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Browns Spring is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Browns Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

A typical abbreviation for Browns Spring: Browns Spg. (or less commonly used: Browns Spng. or Browns Sprng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Browns Spring for more information about variations on the name of Browns Spring.

Browns Spring is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Browns Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Browns Spring: 417

Communities near Browns Spring ...

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

  • Nixa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Aurora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Battlefield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Mount Vernon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Clever
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Marionville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Crane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Billings
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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 Browns Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Browns Spring.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Browns Spring. 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 Browns Spring.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Browns Spring ...

Looking for more information about Browns Spring? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Browns Spring, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Browns Spring.

Adding Browns Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Browns Spring in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Browns Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Browns Spring post office opened in 1912. The Browns Spring post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Browns Spring.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Stone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Browns Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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