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There is eighty-eight counties in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Constitution allows counties to set up a charter government as many cities and villages do, but only Summit County has done so.

Brown County, Ohio

Brown County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Georgetown
Year Organized: 1817
Square Miles: 492

Court House:

800 Mount Orab Pike
County Administration Building
Georgetown, OH 45121-1184

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Brown County was named for General Jacob Brown, an American hero from the War of 1812.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

On December 17, 1817, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Brown County. The county was originally parts of Adams and Clermont Counties. Brown County was named for General Jacob Brown, an American hero from the War of 1812. County residents, including John Rankin, played a major role in the abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad during the 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, and the 1860s. President Ulysses S. Grant also resided in Brown County during his youth. The Ohio Historical Society maintains the Rankin House, Grant Boyhood Home and Grant Schoolhouse as historic sites in Brown County.

Brown County is located in southwestern Ohio, and its southern border resides upon the Ohio River. Brown County’s 492 square miles are overwhelmingly rural, with just one-tenth of one percent of the county qualifying as urban area. The largest community in the county is Georgetown, the county seat, which had a population of 3,691 people in 2000. Despite the small urban population, unlike most rural Ohio counties, Brown County experienced tremendous growth between 1990 and 2000. Between 1995 and 2000, approximately twelve thousand people moved to Brown County, increasing the county’s population to 42,285 residents.

Most Brown County residents are farmers. Many of these people grow tobacco. The next largest employer in the county is local and state government, employing approximately five percent of the county’s workforce. In 1999, the per capita income was just under 20,700 dollars, with twelve percent of the population living in poverty.

Most voters in Brown County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have overwhelmingly supported Republican Party candidates at the national level.

Sources
Brown County, Ohio History Central, July 23, 2008,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1900&nm=Brown-County

Neighboring Counties:

Clinton County (north)
Highland County (northeast)
Adams County (east)
Mason County, Kentucky (south)
Bracken County, Kentucky (southwest)
Clermont County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Aberdeen	village	Incorporated Area
- Byrd	township
- Clark	township
- Decatur	township
- Eagle	township
- Fayetteville	village	Incorporated Area
- Georgetown (County Seat)	village	Incorporated Area
- Hamersville	village	Incorporated Area
- Higginsport	village	Incorporated Area
- Huntington	township
- Lewis	township
- Mount Orab	village	Incorporated Area
- Pike	township
- Pleasant	township
- Ripley	village	Incorporated Area
- Russellville	village	Incorporated Area
- Sardinia	village	Incorporated Area
- St. Martin	village	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."