Brownsboro, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chandler-Brownsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75756. It stands on Murchison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownsboro quadrangle. 1,212 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrownsboro grew from 1,039 to 1,212 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 | 1,039 | |
| 2020 | 1,212 | +173 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Brownsboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,055 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 488 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 145 |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 217 |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 284 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsboro in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | $60,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house in Brownsboro. The tree fell into the interior of the house, causing an estimated $60,000 in damages. Two cars were also damaged by the tree. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | $10,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brownsboro | $1,000 | Social Media reported golf ball size hail in Brownsboro. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | $500 | Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail at FM 607 and CR 3612 southwest of Brownsboro. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | Quarter sized hail was reported just north of Brownsboro. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | A social media report indicated quarter to ping-pong ball size hail approximately one mile north of the city of Brownsboro, TX. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | - | Tree limbs down; relayed by city officials. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Brownsboro | - | Flash flooding was reported in Brownsboro. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Brownsboro | - | Flash flooding was reported near Edom. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Brownsboro | - | A low water crossing around Lake Palestine was under water and County Road 3163 was also under water from thunderstorm rains. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | - | Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsboro | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Opelika | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| New Hope | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Evelyn | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Leagueville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Antioch | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Chandler | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Murchison | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Brownsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982589 | 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 1353003. 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.
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.






