Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Brownsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Brownsville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brownsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Brownsville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brownsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Brownsville was listed as Brownsville Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Brownsville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Brownsville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Brownsville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Brownsville. See our Misc Page for Brownsville for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Brownsville:

Brownsville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Brownsville: www.ci.brownsville.tx.us/

The official website for Cameron County: www.co.cameron.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/