Brownsville, Jackson County, Illinois

For the unincorporated community in White County, Illinois, see Brownsville, White County, Illinois.

Brownsville is a ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois, United States.

Brownsville, located close to a salt creek that empties into the Big Muddy River, is the former county seat of Jackson County. It is 3.25 miles due west of Murphysboro and .75 miles south of Illinois Route 149. It was abandoned because of flooding from the Big Muddy River and moved when the courthouse burned to the ground in 1843, and the county seat was then moved to Murphysboro.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois, Glenn J. Sneed
↑ "Historical encyclopedia of Illinois", Bateman, et al.
↑ Visitors Guide to the Jackson County, Illinois

Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Murphysboro

Cities	Ava Carbondale Grand Tower Murphysboro

Villages	Campbell Hill De Soto Dowell Elkville Gorham Makanda Vergennes

Townships	Bradley Carbondale Degognia DeSoto Elk Fountain Bluff Grand Tower Kinkaid Levan Makanda Murphysboro Ora Pomona Sand Ridge Somerset Vergennes

CDP	Harrison

Other unincorporated communities	Boskydell Cora Crain Degognia Dry Hill Etherton Glenn Grimsby Hallidayboro Howardton Jacob Jones Ridge Matthews Junction‡ Mount Carbon Neunert Oraville Pomona Poplar Ridge Raddle Reeds Station Sand Ridge Sato Stone Fort Ward

Ghost town	Brownsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°46′17″N 89°23′03″W / 37.771406°N 89.384052°W / 37.771406; -89.384052

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