Brown County, OH

Headnote

BROWN COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Ohio, on the north side of Ohio river. Length, 30 miles; mean width, 17, with an area of about 470 square miles. The face of the country is hilly, and the soil generally fertile. Seat of justice, Georgetown. Pop in 1830, 17,857; in 1840, 22,715; in 1850, 27,332. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Ohio

Brown County, Ohio (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BROWN COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Ohio, on the north side of Ohio river. Length, 30 miles; mean width, 17, with an area of about 470 square miles. The face of the country is hilly, and the soil generally fertile. Seat of justice, Georgetown. Pop in 1830, 17,857; in 1840, 22,715; in 1850, 27,332.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 54.
Name Type
Georgetown, OH City or Town
Red Oak, OH City or Town
Ripley, OH City or Town
Their Patriotic Duty: The Civil War Letters of the Evans Family of Brown County, Ohio
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