Brownsville

Brownsville is an 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.

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Type: Hamlet with 112 residents
Description: community in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Banjotown”, “Brownsville, Maryland”, and “Brownsville, MD”
Postal code: 21715

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gathland State Park and National War Correspondents Memorial.

Gathland State Park

Museum

Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend, who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War. Gathland State Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Brownsville.

National War Correspondents Memorial

Monument

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war. It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. National War Correspondents Memorial is situated 2 miles northeast of Brownsville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yarrowsburg and Gapland.

Burkittsville is a historic village in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The village lies in the southern Middletown Valley along the eastern base of South Mountain. Burkittsville is situated 2 miles northeast of Brownsville.

Brownsville

Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.38205° or 39° 22′ 55″ north

Longitude

-77.66027° or 77° 39′ 37″ west

Population

112

Elevation

545 feet (166 metres)

Open location code

87F498JQ+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158504819

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4349694

Wikidata ID

Q3886881

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Brownsville” goes by many names.

Chinese: “布朗斯維爾”
Dutch: “Brownsville”
French: “Brownsville”
German: “Brownsville”
Gilaki: “برأؤنزویل”
Irish: “Brownsville”
Italian: “Brownsville”
Ladin: “Brownsville (Maryland)”
Ladin: “Brownsville”
Persian: “براونزویل، مریلند”
Persian: “براونزویل”
Polish: “Brownsville”
Serbian: “Браунсвил”
Serbo-Croatian: “Brownsville, Maryland”
Serbo-Croatian: “Brownsville”
South Azerbaijani: “براونسویل، مریلند”
Spanish: “Brownsville”
Tatar: “Браунсвилл (Мэриленд)”
Tatar: “Браунсвилл”
Ukrainian: “Браунсвілл”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brownsville Post Office and Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area.

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