Brownwood

Brownwood is a city in central . Founded in 1857, it has some of the common origin stories of Texas towns with railroads and oil booms, and it was considered to be the biggest cotton center west of Fort Worth at the turn of the century.
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  • Type: Town with 19,800 residents
  • Description: city in Texas, United States of America
  • Also known as: Brownwood, Texas” and “Brownwood, TX
  • Postal codes: 76801 and 76804

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brownwood Coliseum and Greenleaf Cemetery.

Sports venue
is a 4,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Brownwood, , . Built in 1963, it is the home of the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets basketball and volleyball teams.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Early.

Village
is a city located in in west-central , United States. It is a suburb of Brownwood, and the population was 3,087 at the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Brownwood.

Brownwood

Latitude
31.7209° or 31° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude
-98.9819° or 98° 58′ 55″ west
Population
19,800
Elevation
1,365 feet (416 metres)
IATA airport code
BWD
United Nations Location Code
US BWD
Open location code
8633P2C9+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151321149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4676798
Wiki­data ID
Q981222
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Brownwood” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: براونوود
  • Basque: Brownwood
  • Belarusian: Браўнвуд
  • Catalan: Brownwood
  • Cebuano: Brownwood
  • Chechen: Браунвуд
  • Chinese: Brownwood
  • Chinese: 布朗伍德
  • Croatian: Brownwood
  • Danish: Brownwood
  • Dutch: Brownwood
  • Egyptian Arabic: براونوود
  • Esperanto: Brownwood
  • French: Brownwood
  • German: Brownwood
  • Gilaki: برأؤنوۊد
  • Greek: Μπράουνγουντ
  • Haitian: Brownwood, Texas
  • Haitian: Brownwood
  • Hungarian: Brownwood
  • Irish: Brownwood, Texas
  • Irish: Brownwood
  • Italian: Brownwood
  • Japanese: ブラウンウッド
  • Korean: 브라운우드
  • Ladin: Brownwood
  • Malagasy: Brownwood, Texas
  • Malagasy: Brownwood
  • Min Nan Chinese: Brownwood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brownwood
  • Persian: براونوود، تگزاس
  • Persian: براونوود
  • Polish: Brownwood
  • Portuguese: Brownwood
  • Russian: Браунвуд
  • Serbian: Браунвуд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brownwood, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brownwood
  • Slovak: Brownwood
  • South Azerbaijani: براونوود، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Brownwood (Texas)
  • Spanish: Brownwood
  • Swedish: Brownwood
  • Tatar: Браунвуд
  • Turkish: Brownwood, Teksas
  • Turkish: Brownwood
  • Ukrainian: Браунвуд
  • Uzbek: Brownwood
  • Uzbek: Броwнwоод
  • Vietnamese: Brownwood, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Brownwood
  • Volapük: Brownwood
  • Waray (Philippines): Brownwood, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Brownwood
  • Welsh: Brownwood, Texas
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