Brown County Minnesota
Part of the American History
& Genealogy Project
Brown county was named in honor of Joseph Renshaw Brown,
who was one of Minnesota’s most prominent pioneers. He
was a drummer boy with the first detachment of troops
for Ft. Snelling. He became a trader with the Sioux
Indians, and as settlers began to come in, a speculator
in lands and town sites. He was publisher of the
Minnesota Pioneer for some time, was an inventor and
held many territorial offices.
The county was created on February 20, 1855, with the
county seat as New Ulm, which has never been changed. It
is in southwestern Minnesota, sixty miles from the Twin
Cities. It contains six hundred and sixteen square
miles, or three hundred and ninety-four thousand, seven
hundred and twenty acres, of which almost seven thousand
are covered by water by the presence of its numerous
lakes. Read more...
Online at Brown County
Brown
County Townships
Brown County Military
Brown County in the Civil War
Brown County in the Spanish-American War
National Guard and Armory
Directories in Brown
County
Bashaw Township Directory, 1916
Burnstown Township Directory, 1916
Home
Township Sleepy Eye Business Directory, 1916
Lake Hanska Township, Hanska Business Directory,
1916
Milford Township, Essig Business Directory, May,
1916
Prairieville Township, Evan Business Directory, 1916
(small)
Prairieville Township, Cobden Business Directory,
1916 (small)
Towns and Villages
Burnstown Township, Village Of Springfield
Home Township, City of Sleepy Eye
Lake Hanska Township, Village of Hanska
Milford Township, Village of Essig
Prairieville Township, Village of Cobden
Land and Other Records of
Brown County
Farm Names of Brown County
Brown County Minnesota Incorporated and Un-Incorporated
Places
Brown County, Minnesota Old and Present Named Places
Brown County Minnesota Past And Present Post Offices
Brown County Minnesota First and Important Events
Brown County Minnesota Secret, Fraternal and Social
Organizations
Minnesota
AHGP
Source: History of Brown County,
Minnesota, L. A. Fritsche, M.D., Editor, Volume I, 1916
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