Brown

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 i Illinois”, “Brown County, IL”, “Brown County, Ill.”, “Brown County, Illinois”, “Brown ilçesi, IL”, “Brown ilçesi, Ill.”, “Brown ilçesi, Illinois”, “Comte de Brown”, “Condado de Brown (Illinois)”, “Okrožje Brown”, and “مقاطعه براون، إلينوي”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Western Illinois Correctional Center.

Prison
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Sterling.

Town
is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Illinois, United States.

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
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Brown” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Brown County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة براون”
  • 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: “布朗县”
  • Chinese: “布朗縣”
  • Dutch: “Brown County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Brown”
  • Estonian: “Browni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Brownin piirikunta”
  • 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”
  • Norwegian: “Brown County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان براون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Brown”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Brown”
  • 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”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Brown”
  • Swedish: “Brown County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Brown County”
  • Tatar: “Браун (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Браун”
  • Turkish: “Brown County, 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”

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