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Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,244. Its county seat is . is located partly in this county.
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  • Type: County with 6,580 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Brown County”, “Brown County, IL”, and “Brown County, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Western Illinois Correctional Center.

Prison
The is a medium-security state prison for men located in , Brown County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Sterling.

Town
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, , United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2020 census. Foodservice distributor Dot Foods is based in .

Brown

Latitude
39.9498° or 39° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-90.7486° or 90° 44′ 55″ west
Population
6,580
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
Open location code
86FFW7X2+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952576
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4234528
Wiki­data ID
Q109761
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Brown” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Brown County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة براون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه براون، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Բրաուն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Brown”
  • Basque: “Brown konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Brown County”
  • Belarusian: “Браўн (акруга, Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Браўн”
  • Bishnupriya: “ব্রাউন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “ব্রাউন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Браун”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Brown”
  • Cebuano: “Brown County”
  • Chechen: “Браун (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Браун”
  • Chinese: “Brown Kūn”
  • Chinese: “布朗县”
  • Chinese: “布朗縣”
  • Dutch: “Brown County”
  • Esperanto: “Brown County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Brown”
  • Estonian: “Browni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Brownin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Brown”
  • French: “comté de Brown”
  • French: “Comté de Brown”
  • Georgian: “ბრაუნის ოლქი”
  • German: “Brown County”
  • Gilaki: “براون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “براون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μπράουν”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπράουν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בראון”
  • Hungarian: “Brown megye”
  • Indonesian: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Brown County”
  • Irish: “Contae Brown”
  • Italian: “contea di Brown”
  • Italian: “Contea di Brown”
  • Japanese: “ブラウン郡”
  • Korean: “브라운군”
  • Latin: “Brown Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Brown County”
  • Mazanderani: “براون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “براون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Brown Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brown Kūn”
  • Nepali: “ब्राउन काउन्टी”
  • Newari: “ब्राउन काउन्ति, इलिनोइ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brown County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brown County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brown County”
  • Norwegian: “Brown County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Brown”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Brown”
  • Romanian: “Brown County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Brown, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Brown”
  • Russian: “Браун”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Brown”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Brown County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Браун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brown County”
  • Slovenian: “Brown County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Brown”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Brown (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Brown”
  • Swedish: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Brown County”
  • Tatar: “Браун (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Браун”
  • Turkish: “Brown County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Brown County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Brown County”
  • Turkish: “Brown ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Brown ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Brown ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Brown ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Браун”
  • Urdu: “براؤن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “براؤن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Brown”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Brown, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Brown”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Brown, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Brown”
  • Welsh: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Brown County”
  • Western Panjabi: “براؤن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Brown”.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hersman Cemetery and Kleinlein Farm Pond.

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