Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Browns (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Browns. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Browns is located in Preble County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Preble County: Union (IN), Wayne (IN), Butler, Darke & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Browns. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns:
- Preble County (The home county of Browns)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- West Manchester
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Euphemia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Somerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Poast Town Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Jacksonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Poast Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Miltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Miltonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Seven Mile is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Contreras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Contreras is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- South Middletown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Park Layne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- New Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Castine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Arcanum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- New Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pitsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Abbottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Fort Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Hollansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Potsdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Ginghamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Bloomer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Pyrmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Phillipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Brookville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Airhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trotwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Russia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Dawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fayette County (IN)
- Springersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville
- Franklin County (IN)
- Bath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bath is located in Franklin County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Arba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Haysville Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Bloomingport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Rural
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West College Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Contreras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Contreras is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Billingsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Billingsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Whitewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Webster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Abington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Greens Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Economy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns, see our County-by-County Page for Browns.
Cemeteries Near Browns ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Browns - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dry Fork Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Castine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wares Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prices Creek German Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Petry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Browns in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns, with the one closest to Browns listed first.
- West Manchester
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Castine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- West Sonora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Sonora is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sonora
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Euphemia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Arcanum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wengerlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bachman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bachman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachman
- Delisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns.
Newspapers Published in Browns ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Browns:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Preble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Browns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Browns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |