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Welcome to Brown City ...

So far, we found very little information about Brown City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brown City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brown City, please Contact Us.

Brown City would have been located within present day Josephine County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Brown City is 1,810 feet [552 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Brown City was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Brown City was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Brown City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brown City - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Brown City ...

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

  • Cave Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Junction
    • Cave Junction is located in Josephine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave Junction <6>
  • O'Brien
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kerby
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Selma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Happy Camp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Gasquet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Williams
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Copper is located in Jackson County
  • Seiad Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilderville
    (26 miles [41.8 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 Brown City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brown City.

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

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

The official website for Josephine County: www.co.josephine.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Brown City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Josephine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brown City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Brown City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Brown City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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