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Do you know of Brown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brown.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Brown, so we are uncertain whether Brown is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Brown would be found somewhere in Preston County, West Virginia.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Brown ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Brown.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Brown.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Harrison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brown [Harrison County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brown [Mississippi County].
    • California
      • Kern County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brown [Kern County].
    • Colorado
      • Montrose County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brown [Montrose County].
      • San Miguel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Brown [San Miguel County].
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brown [Columbia County].
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brown [Union County].
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brown [Henry County].
      • Liberty County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brown [Liberty County].
    • Kentucky
      • Mercer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brown [Mercer County].
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brown [Bienville Parish].
      • Iberville Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brown [Iberville Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Brown.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brown [Montgomery County].
      • Prince George's County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brown [Prince George's County].
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Charlevoix County].
      • Gratiot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Gratiot County].
      • Missaukee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brown [Missaukee County].
    • Missouri
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brown [Sullivan County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Brown [Deer Lodge County].
    • Nevada
      • Churchill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Churchill County].
      • Elko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Elko County].
      • Humboldt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Humboldt County].
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brown [Lincoln County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brown [Wilkes County].
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brown [Carroll County].
      • Guernsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brown [Guernsey County].
      • Miami County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brown [Miami County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brown [Bryan County].
      • Pottawatomie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brown [Pottawatomie County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Brown [Providence County].
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brown [Williamsburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brown [Hickman County].
    • Texas
      • Martin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brown [Martin County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brown [Davis County].

More Orphans in  Preston County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Preston County.

Bergman 
 Oak Park
Greens Run 
 Painter's Mill
HazletonPleasant Hill
Henry 
HolmesRinard
HuttonRodamer's
  
Kingwood JunctionSmoot's
  
Madison RunTannery
Mattingly'sTeets
McMillan 
Morgans RunWater Station
MorlanWhite
Mountaindale 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Brown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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