Brownsville, Calaveras County, California

Brownsville is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Murphys.[1] Brownsville, named for Alfred Brown, operated as a mining camp in the 1850s and 1860s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 808. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

38°7′43.2″N 120°26′31.02″W / 38.128667°N 120.4419500°W / 38.128667; -120.4419500Coordinates: 38°7′43.2″N 120°26′31.02″W / 38.128667°N 120.4419500°W / 38.128667; -120.4419500


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