Brownsville, Jackson 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 (5.23 km) due west of Murphysboro and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Illinois Route 149. It was moved when the courthouse and downtown burned to the ground in 1843, and the county seat was then moved to Murphysboro.^[1][2][3]

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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
• Mount Carbon
• Neunert
• Oraville
• Pomona
• Raddle
• Reeds Station
• Sand Ridge
• Sato
• West Point

Ghost town

• Brownsville

Footnotes

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

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

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