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Welcome to Brownsville ...

Brownsville is located in Hinds County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brownsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

Brownsville is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brownsville: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Brownsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 58 communities that are also named Brownsville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, California, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (6), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Brownsville ...

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

  • Jackson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ridgeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
  • Raymond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <4>
  • Flora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwards
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bolton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bolton is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
  • Bentonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentonia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonia
    • Bentonia is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bentonia <4>
  • Learned
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Learned have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learned
    • Learned is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Learned <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brownsville ...

Looking for more information about Brownsville? 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 Brownsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brownsville.

Adding Brownsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brownsville 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 for Brownsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Brownsville post office opened in 1838.

We also found Brownsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brownsville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brownsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hinds County: www.co.hinds.ms.us/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Hinds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brownsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Brownsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Brownsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<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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