Do you know of Brown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brown.<1>
Our sources for Brown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brown other than they indicate that Brown would be found somewhere in Guernsey County, Ohio.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1892.
Communities Also Named Brown ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Brown.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Brown.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brown [Mississippi County].
- California
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brown [Kern County].
- Colorado
- Montrose County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brown [Montrose County].
- San Miguel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brown [San Miguel County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brown [Henry County].
- Liberty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brown [Liberty County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Brown.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Charlevoix County].
- Gratiot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Gratiot County].
- Missaukee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Missaukee County].
- Missouri
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brown [Sullivan County].
- Montana
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Churchill County].
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Elko County].
- Humboldt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Humboldt County].
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Lincoln County].
- North Carolina
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brown [Wilkes County].
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brown [Bryan County].
- Pottawatomie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brown [Pottawatomie County].
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Martin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brown [Martin County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brown [Davis County].
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brown [Harrison County].
- Preston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brown [Preston County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brown:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Brown.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 39/09456 (Place Name: Brown)
County: Guernsey (FIPS State/County: 39/059)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Guernsey County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Guernsey County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |