Welcome to Brownlee ...
Brownlee is located in Baker County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Brownlee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
Brownlee is 2,260 feet [689 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Brownlee is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Brownlee lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Brownlee (for example, toward Council (ID)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
Area Codes for Brownlee: 541 & 458<3>
Communities Also Named Brownlee ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Brownlee - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brownlee.
Communities near Brownlee ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brownlee.
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Halfway is located in Baker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halfway <4>
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Baker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <4>
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Oxbow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Oxbow is located in Baker County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxbow <4>
- Jimtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
- New Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- New Bridge is located in Baker County
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Homestead is located in Baker County
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Cambridge is located in Washington County (ID)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <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 Brownlee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brownlee.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brownlee. 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 Brownlee.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownlee. See our Newspapers Page for Brownlee.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brownlee ...
Looking for more information about Brownlee? 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 Brownlee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brownlee.
Adding Brownlee to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Brownlee 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 Brownlee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Brownlee post office opened in 1910.
We also found Brownlee mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brownlee.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brownlee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brownlee - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Brownlee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Brownlee 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> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |