Brown County, Illinois Basics:


Brown County Illinois - Government Site

Population: 6,908
Area: 306 square miles
County seat: Mount Sterling
Area code(s) in use: 217
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
Median household income: $43,915
Persons in poverty: 9.5%
Home ownership rate: 72.8%
Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Adams  Cass  Morgan  Pike  Schuyler  

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Map of the Brown County area


Our detail map of Brown County shows the Brown County, Illinois boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Brown County, Illinois

  Airports     show all on map

Herren Airport, Mayfield Landing Strip, Mount Sterling Municipal Airport, Sneider Landing Strip

  Bridges     show all on map

Gerrish Bridge, Ritter Bridge, Shinnebarger Bridge, Test Bridge, Varder Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Brown County Ambulance Service, Brown County Fire Protection District, Buckhorn Townhall, Missouri Townhall, Mount Sterling Fire Department, Mount Sterling Public Library, Versailles Fire Protection District, Western Illinois Correctional Center

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Arnold Cemetery, Ausmus Cemetery, Beans Cemetery, Becam Cemetery, Beckman Cemetery, Bell Cemetery, Benville Cemetery, Bixler Cemetery, Bovine Child Cemetery, Bowman Cemetery, Briggs Cemetery, Buckhorn Cemetery, Butler Cemetery, Casteen Cemetery, Clark Cemetery, Cleaves Cemetery, Clinard Cemetery, Cooperstown Cemetery, County Farm Cemetery, Cox Cemetery, Cross Roads Cemetery, Davis Cemetery, Dawson Cemetery, De Witt Cemetery, Dearborn Cemetery, DeHart Cemetery, Dobey Cemetery, Elias Clark Cemetery, Fargo Cemetery, Gilbirds Cemetery, Glasgow Farm Cemetery, Gordley Cemetery, Greenleaf Cemetery, Greenwell Cemetery, Gristy Cemetery, Grove Cemetery, Grove Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Hambaugh Cemetery, Harbour Cemetery, Hebron Cemetery, Henry Cemetery, Hersman Cemetery, Hixs and Boss Cemetery, Howe Cemetery, Huffman Cemetery, Hulett Cemetery, Icabod Perry Cemetery, Innes Cemetery, Jaques Cemetery, Jennings Cemetery (historical), Keifer Cemetery, Kendrick Cemetery, Kinman Burial Ground, Knight Cemetery, Koch Cemetery, Lavina Henry Cemetery, Law Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Linn Cemetery, Linn-Walker Graves, Logan Creek Cemetery, Logsdon Number 1 Cemetery, Logsdon Number 2 Cemetery, Marden Cemetery, Martin Cemetery, Means Cemetery, Miller Land Cemetery, Morrelville Cemetery, Mounds Cemetery, Mount Sterling Catholic Cemetery, Mount Sterling City Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, Newenham Cemetery, Orton Cemetery, Perry Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Purpus Cemetery, Putnam Cemetery, Reeves Cemetery, Reynolds Cemetery, Rigg Cemetery, Ripley Township Cemetery, Ritter Cemetery, Robison Cemetery, Root Cemetery, Rusk Cemetery, Schultz Cemetery, Sharon Cemetery, South Side Cemetery, Stableton Cemetery, Stoner Cemetery, Summy Cemetery, Suratt Burial Ground, Taylor Cemetery, Tebo Burial Ground, Tinnen Cemetery (historical), Tolle Burial Ground, Tucker Cemetery, Vandeventer Cemetery, Versailes Cemetery, Volk Cemetery, Watts Cemetery, West Side Cemetery, Wethers Cemetery, Whitmore Cemetery, Wilson Cemetery, Winslow Cemetery, Woods Cemetery, Zion Lutheran Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Hebron Church (historical), Holy Family Catholic Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Zion Church (historical), New Salem Church (historical), Zion Church

  Crossings     show all on map

Ferguson Ford

  Dams     show all on map

Alsup Farm Pond Dam, Dixon Pond Dam, Hambaugh-Martin Number 1 Dam, Hambaugh-Martin Number 3 Dam, Hambaugh-Martin Structure Number 2 Dam, Hambaugh-Martin Structure Number 5 Dam, Hambaugh-Martin Structure Number 6 Dam, Kleinlein Farm Pond Dam, La Grange Locks (historical), Lake Mount Sterling Dam

  Lakes     show all on map

Big Lake, Elbow Lake (historical), Long Lake (historical), Perkins Lake (historical)

  Locales     show all on map

Jensen Woods Camp, Old Siloam Picnic Area, Perry Springs Station, Reich Landing, Two Rivers Camp

  Mines     show all on map

Bates Mine, Cruser Mine, Mount Sterling Quarry, Mushhanser Mine, Pit 14 Cedar Creek Mine, Pit 15 Cedar Creek Mine, Pit 16 Cedar Creek Mine, Rang Mine

  Parks     show all on map

Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District

  Populated Places     show all on map

Benville, Buckhorn, Cooperstown, Damon, Fargo, Gilbirds, Hersman, Jaques, La Grange, Milton (historical), Morrelville, Mount Sterling, Ripley, Siloam, Timewell, Versailles, White Oak Springs (historical)

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Alsup Farm Pond, Dixon Pond, Hambaugh-Martin Number 1 Reservoir, Hambaugh-Martin Number 3 Reservoir, Hambaugh-Martin Number Five Reservoir, Hambaugh-Martin Number Two Reservoir, Kleinlein Farm Pond, Lake Mount Sterling

  Ridges     show all on map

Dutch Ridge, Spunky Ridge, Wheeler Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Adams School (historical), Barton School (historical), Bell School (historical), Bottom Prairie School (historical), Brown County High School, Buckhorn School (historical), Byrnes School (historical), Clark School (historical), Crossroads School (historical), Dale School (historical), De Witts School (historical), Ebenezer School (historical), Fagar School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Ferguson School (historical), Friendly School (historical), Grove School (historical), Hall School (historical), Hambaugh School (historical), Harper School (historical), Hazel Bell School (historical), Hill School (historical), Howe School (historical), Johnson School (historical), La Grange School (historical), Lester School (historical), Liberty School (historical), Little Missouri School (historical), Lynn School (historical), McDaniel School (historical), McKee School (historical), Moore School (historical), Mound School (historical), Myers School (historical), New School (historical), North Bend School (historical), North Grade School, Oakland School (historical), Olive School (historical), Patterson School (historical), Pell School (historical), Perry School (historical), Petri School (historical), Pleasant Hill School (historical), Pleasant View School (historical), Poe School (historical), Quinlan School (historical), Reddick School (historical), Robison School (historical), Sand Ridge School (historical), Shank School (historical), Sunny Hill School (historical), Vandeventer School (historical), Versailles Grade School, Washington School (historical), Whiteoak School (historical), Williams School (historical)

  Springs     show all on map

Siloam Springs, Versailles Springs

  Streams     show all on map

Avery Branch, Baehr Branch, Camp Creek, Doby Branch, Dry Fork, Hamilton Branch, Leineke Branch, Little Creek, Little Missouri Creek, Little Missouri Creek, Logan Creek, Martin Branch, North Fork Shelby Creek, Purpus Creek, Russett Branch, Shelby Creek, South Branch, South Fork Shelby Creek, Wells Fork, West Creek

  Trails     show all on map

Hoot Owl Trail, Red Oak Backpack Trail

  Valleys     show all on map

Cronin Hollow, Sarrah Hollow,

Brown County, Illinois Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteBrown County White population 5,4505,450  
BlackBrown County Black population 1,3061,305
American IndianBrown County American Indian population 8382
MixedBrown County Mixed population 4848
AsianBrown County Asian population 2120
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderBrown County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 00

Additional population tables :
State population table
Illinois population by county