Brown County, County in southern Indiana, US
Brown County encompasses 82,000 hectares of land with forests and water bodies across the central region of Indiana at coordinates 39.2°N, 86.23°W.
The Indiana legislature established Brown County on February 4, 1836, naming it after General Jacob Brown, who served in the War of 1812.
The Brown County Art Colony, founded in the early 1900s, brought numerous artists including T.C. Steele to settle in the region.
Nashville, the only incorporated town in Brown County, functions as the administrative center and contains the county courthouse for government services.
The county experienced a transformation from dense forest to farmland through logging, which led to soil erosion and population changes by 1900.
Location: Indiana
Inception: February 4, 1836
Capital city: Nashville
Shares border with: Johnson County, Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Morgan County
Website: https://browncounty-in.gov
GPS coordinates: 39.20000,-86.23000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:47
Camp Atterbury
19.2 km
Brown County State Park
10.1 km
Eskenazi Museum of Art
25 km
Griffy Lake
25 km
Indiana Memorial Union
25.6 km
Morgan–Monroe State Forest
20.8 km
John Mellencamp Pavilion
25.5 km
Hickory Ridge Fire Tower
20 km
Vinegar Hill Historic District
25.4 km
Weed Patch Hill
3.8 km
T. C. Steele State Historic Site
12.2 km
Millen House
24.2 km
Archives of Traditional Music
25.3 km
Indiana University Auditorium
25.1 km
Grandview Apostolic Church
15.1 km
Brown County Courthouse Historic District
1.7 km
Morgantown Historic District
19.5 km
Brown County Bridge No. 36
6.6 km
Thomas A. Hendricks House
10 km
Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
7.1 km
Brown County Art Gallery
1.3 km
Lake Lemon
15.7 km
Brown County Art Guild
1.7 km
Kappa V Archaeological Site
18.6 km
Low Gap Trail
20.9 km
Musical Arts Center
25.1 km
Ramp Creek Covered Bridge
1.3 km
Jonathan Moore Pike I-65 Bridge
23.5 kmReviews
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