BlockBrownsville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bowling Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43721. It lies near Eagle Nest Hill. The Survey maps it on the Glenford quadrangle. 214 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1909 against another survey:
On record in Brownsville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Flint Ridge State Memoriallisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresBrownsville fell from 220 to 214 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 220 | |
| 2020 | 214 | -6 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Glenford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Glenford quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,839 words on this townshipHistory of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Bowling Green Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Mound Builders left a few samples of their works within its limits; enough to indicate that it was once the home of the lost race. There is a stone mound two and a half miles southeast of Linnville, of medium size, and one earth mound near it, both being near the center of the township, east and west There is also a mound at Amsterdam of no very great dimensions; and an earth mound on the farm of John Hamilton, adjoining Brownsville on the northeast, of oblong form, eighty-five yards in circumference at its base and fifteen feet high.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The National road runs through the township from east to west along the northern boundary. It was surveyed, located and constructed between the years 1825 to 1833. The towns of Brownsville and Linnville were laid out soon after the final location of the road; the former by Adam Brown, who named it after himself, and the latter by Samuel Parr, who named it after Adam Linn, who was then about to establish himself there as its first merchant. Biownsville grew rapidly at first, but has been about stationary in later years. It is a post town of about four hundred and fifty inhabitants. Linnville is a post town of about one hundred inhabitants.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The National road for twenty years attracted much travel to it, both of emigrants and genrai travelers, which gave the villages located upon 2 an appearance of considerable life and thrift. Re: ular lines of daily four-horse stages were run ir those days, and sometimes they had an additkm opposition line, carrying on a very vigorous c rcv petition with the regular mail line, which addni greatly to the liveliness of the villages along tht road. A daily "Pony Express line," also passed over the National road during a portion of the years 1836 and 1837, which, for the time heir:, increased the excitement and the interest in the villages along the road, and tended to vary the monotony of village life. This pony express established by Hon. Amos Kendall, the energetic postmaster general, for the purpose of carrying valuable letters, drafts, small packages and impa tant newspaper slips. Its speed was more than ter miles per hour, being twice that of the mail stage, the schedule time from Zanesville to Columbia (fifty-four miles) being five hours, and the postage on matter carried by it was enormously high. Mr Smucker remembers receiving a newspaper slip, brought by it, containing President VanBuren s inaugural address, in March, 1837, on which the postage was seventy-five cents. Such a paper by regular mail would cost two cents. The expres> ponies were ridden by boys, and put through on a fast gallop, or "half-run," the relays being five miles apart. The small saddle-bags which tw tained the express matter were fastened to the sad* die, and, at the end of each run, the saddle and bags were almost instantly transferred from the exhausted, foaming pony, to a fresh one, the rider mounted upon him, and rode away at full speed with a delay of not more than a minute. The stations in Licking county were Brownsville, Linn vilie, Etniers, Luray, and Etna.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Bowling Green Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Fires near this place
12 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Brownsville between 2012 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15769 |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15123 |
| 12 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7908 |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7411 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 664 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 665 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10229 |
| 13 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11926 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 161 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 161 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brownsville between 1893 and 1975: 149 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bogue, E.E., Buker, W., CALVIN GOODRICH AND PARTY and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
 | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
 | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
 | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
 | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Buckeye Lake |
 | Uromyces (Link) Unger, 1833 | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Buckeye Lake |
 | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1920 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Licking River, at Claylick, ~2.3 mi SW of Hanover, Madison township |
 | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1926 | not recorded | Cold Springs, within Licking Co (location in doubt), Licking County, township n/a |
 | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1926 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Flint Ridge, Licking Co., Ohio |
 | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Buckeye Lake, Perry Co., Ohio |
 | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Buckeye Lake, Perry Co., Ohio |
 | Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Buckeye Lake, Perry Co., Ohio |
All 161 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brownsville: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Underclay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1850 | |
| Walters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Walters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Brownsville | $10,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near Brownsville. Several large trees were uprooted, and a parked car and swing set sustained minor damage. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $5,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down on Flint Ridge Rd. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $3,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $500 | Several trees were knocked down at Route U.S. 40 and Open Woods Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Linnville | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Amsterdam | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Toboso | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Claylick | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Edgewater Beach | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jacksontown | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fleatown | 8.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Brownsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472932 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048310. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.