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Brown County
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county in Texas, United States
Brown County is a county located in Texas. It is one of Texas's 254 counties and serves as a local government jurisdiction within the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Henry Stevenson Brown
- Seat
- Brownwood
- Largest city
- Brownwood
- Total
- 957 sq mi (2,480 km )
- Land
- 944 sq mi (2,440 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,711
- Density
- 40/sq mi (15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .browncountytx .org
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Encyclopedic overview
Brown County is a county in central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,095. Its county seat is Brownwood. The county was founded in 1856 and organized in 1858. It is named for Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Battle of Velasco, an early conflict between Texans and Mexicans. The Brownwood, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Brown County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.