Do you know of Browntown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Browntown. 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 Browntown.<1>
Our sources for Browntown (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 Browntown other than they indicate that Browntown would be found somewhere in Brown County, Ohio.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Browntown ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Browntown.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Browntown.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Browntown [Meigs County].
- Meigs County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Autauga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Browntown [Autauga County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Browntown [Jackson County].
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Browntown [Walker County].
- Florida
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Browntown [Jackson County].
- Georgia
- Brantley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Browntown [Brantley County].
- Glynn 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 Browntown [Glynn County].
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Browntown [Middlesex County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Browntown [Steuben County].
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Browntown [Josephine County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Browntown [Bradford County].
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Browntown [Luzerne County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Browntown [Northampton County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Browntown [Washington County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Browntown [Westmoreland County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Browntown [Albemarle County].
- Amherst County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Browntown [Amherst County].
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Browntown [Campbell County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Browntown [Warren County].
- Wisconsin
- Green County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Browntown [Green County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Browntown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Browntown:
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 Browntown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Browntown.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 39/09638 (Place Name: Browntown)
County: Brown (FIPS State/County: 39/015)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Browntown) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Brown 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 Brown County.
| Desoto | |
| Scofield | |
| East Hamersville | Sheep Run |
| South Fincastle | |
| Hammersville | Strait Creek |
| Surryville | |
| Logan's Gap | |
| Union Plains | |
| Poetown | |
| Prall | Vanceburg |
| Puebla | |
| Wallsburgh | |
| Russelville | Ward Town |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Browntown 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/ |