Headnote

BROWN COUNTY, in the western part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the east, and Crooked river on the northeast. Area, 300 square miles. Seat of justice, Mount Sterling. Pop. in 1840, 4,183; in 1850, 7,198. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Brown County, Illinois (Fanning's 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BROWN COUNTY, in the western part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the east, and Crooked river on the northeast. Area, 300 square miles. Seat of justice, Mount Sterling. Pop. in 1840, 4,183; in 1850, 7,198.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 54.
Name Type
Mount Sterling, IL City or Town
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, October 20, 1858
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