Welcome to Brownsville ...So far, we found very little information about Brownsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Brownsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownsville, please Contact Us. Brownsville would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brownsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Brownsville is 5,500 feet [1,676 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Brownsville is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Brownsville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Brownsville was located: 605 Communities Also Named Brownsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 58 communities that are also named Brownsville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, California, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (6), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brownsville. Communities near Brownsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brownsville.
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 Brownsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brownsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brownsville. 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 Brownsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsville. See our Newspapers Page for Brownsville. Adding Brownsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Brownsville 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 (so far) for Brownsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Brownsville. Footnotes ...
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