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Brown County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855 (created), 1856 (organized)
- Named after
- Joseph Renshaw Brown
- Seat
- New Ulm
- Largest city
- New Ulm
- Total
- 618 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 611 sq mi (1,580 km )
- Water
- 7.4 sq mi (19 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,517
- Density
- 41.9/sq mi (16.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 7th
- Website
- www .browncountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- New Ulm
- Population
- 25912
- Area
- 1602
- Shares border with
- Blue Earth County
- Official website
- www.co.brown.mn.us
- Image
- BrownCountyMNcourthouse.JPG
- Households
- 10643
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Brown County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Brown County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Brown County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1855-02-20
- different from
- Brown County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Brown County
- per capita income
- 30900
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
1862 Johnson Map showing Brown County was much bigger at the time of the Sioux Uprising and would be later broken up into several other counties
Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,912. Its county seat is New Ulm. The county was formed in 1855 and organized in 1856.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.