Nearest Communities to Browntown,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Browntown, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Browntown:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Browntown.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Browntown is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Josephine County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Josephine County: Del Norte (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Curry, Douglas & Jackson.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Browntown. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Josephine County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Browntown (which is Josephine County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Browntown
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Josephine County (where Browntown resides)
- County Website: https://www.josephinecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Josephine: Grants Pass
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browntown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browntown.
- Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- California Bar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- California Bar is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Bar
- Althouse ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Althouse is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
- Bridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeview is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeview
- Takilma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Takilma is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Takilma
- Allentown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Brown City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brown City is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
- Cave Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- O'Brien
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kerby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dryden is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Browns Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Mill is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mill
- Selma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Love Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Love Station is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Station
- Wonder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wonder is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder
- Wilderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Redwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Redwood is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Fruitdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Grants Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dimmick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dimmick is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmick
- Merlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://jacksoncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Jackson: Medford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browntown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browntown.
- Steamboat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Steamboat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Copper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Copper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
- Provolt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Provolt is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
- Williams Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
- Applegate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKee Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McKee Bridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Bridge
- Cameron ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cameron is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Ruch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buncom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buncom is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
- Draper ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Draper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Foots Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
- Sterlingville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
- Rogue River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Del Norte County
- County Website: https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/
- County Seat for Del Norte: Crescent City (CA)
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browntown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browntown.
- Idlewild
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Idlewild is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lawyers Bar ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyers Bar is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Bar
- Patrick Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick Creek is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Creek
- Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Darlingtonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Darlingtonia is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlingtonia
- Gasquet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Station is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Station
- French Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- French Hill is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
- Siskiyou County
- County Website: https://www.siskiyoucounty.gov/
- County Seat for Siskiyou: Yreka (CA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Browntown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Browntown.
- Fort Goff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Goff is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Goff
- Happy Camp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eileen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eileen is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Gordons Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gordons Ferry is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Ferry
- Seiad Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Hoskin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hoskin is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskin
- Ferry Point ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ferry Point is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Point
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Browntown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Browntown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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