Brownsville, Tennessee
| Brownsville, Tennessee | |
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| Motto: Heart of the Tennessee Delta | |
 Location of Brownsville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 35°35′26″N 89°15′39″W / 35.59056°N 89.26083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Haywood |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bill Rawls |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.1 sq mi (23.6 km2) |
| • Land | 9.1 sq mi (23.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,292 |
| • Density | 1,178.1/sq mi (454.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38012 |
| Area code(s) | 731 |
| FIPS code | 47-08920 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1278634 |
| Website | brownsvilletn |
Brownsville is a city in Haywood County, Tennessee. It is the county seat of Haywood County, which is in the broad delta floodplain near the Mississippi River. Its population as of the 2010 census is 10,292.
The city is named after General Jacob Jennings Brown, an American officer of The War of 1812.
Brownsville developed in association with cotton plantations and commodity agriculture in the Mid-South. It is located near the Hatchie River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, which originally served as the main transportation routes to markets for cotton. The town is notable for its many well-preserved antebellum homes owned by wealthy planters before the Civil War, and multi-generational family-owned farms.
The Tabernacle Campground was founded in 1826 by the Rev. Howell Taylor, soon after Brownsville was founded. In the 21st century, it serves as the site of an annual "camp-meeting" for descendants of Taylor.
Brownsville's synagogue, Temple Adas Israel, was built in 1882 by German Jewish immigrants, who founded the congregation in the 1860s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is believed to be the oldest synagogue in Tennessee, and is a rare example of a synagogue built in the Gothic Revival style.
Through the late 19th century, whites worked to re-establish supremacy after Reconstruction and impose Jim Crow and second-class status on African Americans. Tennessee effectively disenfranchised most blacks in the state after the turn of the 20th century, excluding them from the political system. The state's congressional delegation and elected officials became predominately Democratic, except for Republicans elected by white residents in East Tennessee.
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