Brownsville, Maryland
| Brownsville, Maryland | |
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| census-designated place | |
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| Coordinates: 39°22′55″N 77°39′37″W / 39.38194°N 77.66028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Washington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.283 sq mi (0.73 km2) |
| • Land | 0.283 sq mi (0.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 89 |
| • Density | 310/sq mi (120/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 21715 |
| Area code(s) | 301 |
| FIPS code | 24-24043 |
| GNIS feature ID | 589837 |
| Other name | Banjotown |
Brownsville is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, near Gapland in an area known as Pleasant Valley. Its population was 89 as of the 2010 census.
Brownsville is located at 39°22′55″N 77°39′37″W / 39.38194°N 77.66028°WCoordinates: 39°22′55″N 77°39′37″W / 39.38194°N 77.66028°W (39.382045, -77.660269), at an altitude of 545 feet (166 m) above sea level. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.283 square miles (0.73 km2), all of it land.
Tobias Brown, son of Rudolph Brown, was one of the first settlers of Washington County, and owned a tract of farmland extending from Gapland, south to the future location of Brownsville. John Brown, son of Tobias, and his son Cornelius established a tannery in the swamp land at the head of a small tributary to Israel Creek, and built a home on the east side of the valley overlooking the tannery. The town was named for the family. The first post office in Brownsville was established January 28, 1833, with John H. Beall as postmaster. He was succeeded on February 3, 1836, by John Brown, who was born near Brownsville, December 20, 1790, served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and saw action at the Battle of North Point. After the war, in 1824, he built the first homestead in what is now Brownsville, of timbers pre-cut in Hagerstown, and brought to the site by wagon, using hand-made bricks to fill in between the timber framing, and covered by weatherboard cut by hand from South Mountain trees. John Brown served as postmaster until 1863, when he was succeeded by his son, Cornelius, who (with a break in 1886–89) served until February 1894. Cornelius's son, George T. Brown, was appointed to the post in February 1898 and held it for over 40 years.
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