Brown County is a county in Ohio, United States, on the Ohio River across from Kentucky, in the southwestern part of the state. It had a population of 43,676 at the 2020 census and covers 490 square miles (1,300 km2) of land centred near 38\u00b056\u2032N 83\u00b052\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Georgetown is the county seat, and its postal code is 45121. The county has nine incorporated villages, three census-designated places, and a number of unincorporated communities and mobile-home communities, organized into 16 civil townships. Brown County observes Eastern Time.<\/p>\n
Brown County has nine incorporated villages — including the county seat, Georgetown — plus a mix of census-designated places and small unincorporated communities scattered across its 16 townships. “Unincorp.” below covers hamlets, crossroads, and named residential and mobile-home communities that have never incorporated.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown<\/td>\n | Village · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mount Orab<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ripley<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45167<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sardinia<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hamersville<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fayetteville<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Russellville<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aberdeen<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Higginsport<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Decatur<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Feesburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 45119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Andersonville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arnheim<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Arnheim<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ash Ridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bardwell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bodman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brownstown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Centerpoint<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Centerville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chasetown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crosstown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Ripley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wahlsburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Wahlsburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eastwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ellsberry<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ferristown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fincastle<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Five Points<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fivemile<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upper Fivemile<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greenbush<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hestoria<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hiett<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kirbyville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Levanna<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Locust Ridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Macon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Maple<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Neals Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Neel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Harmony<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Hope<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Redoak<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reeds<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Martin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shiloh<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Slickaway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stringtown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Vera Cruz<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Oak<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Oak Valley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yankeetown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake Lorelei<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake Waynoka<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Aberdeen sits directly across the Ohio River from Maysville, Kentucky, and is often confused with it on maps; the two are in different states and different counties. The duplicate “Stringtown” entry in older listings of the county referred to a single community and has been merged here.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the county’s smaller unincorporated communities use the ZIP code of their nearest post-office town rather than one of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nBrown County lies in the hill country of southwestern Ohio, bounded on its southern edge by the Ohio River. The county covers 490 square miles of land and 3.4 square miles of water, drained by White Oak Creek, Straight Creek, and Eagle Creek on their way to the river. The terrain rises from the river bottoms in the south to rolling, forested uplands toward the north.<\/p>\n Brown County borders Clinton County<\/a> to the north, Highland County<\/a> to the northeast, Adams County<\/a> to the east, Clermont County<\/a> to the west, and across the Ohio River, Mason County<\/a> and Bracken County<\/a> in Kentucky to the south.<\/p>\n Brown County had 43,676 residents at the 2020 census, a density of roughly 89 people per square mile. Georgetown and Mount Orab are its two largest communities. The county’s median household income runs below the Ohio median of $67,769, reflecting its largely rural, agricultural economic base.<\/p>\n Agriculture remains central to Brown County’s economy, and the county is historically significant as the birthplace of White Burley tobacco, first grown near Higginsport in 1864 and a major regional cash crop into the 20th century. Modern farming in the county centers on corn, soybeans, and livestock. Georgetown, the county seat, anchors county government and local retail; Mount Orab, along U.S. Route 68, has grown into the county’s busiest commercial corridor.<\/p>\n Brown County was organized on March 1, 1818, from parts of Adams and Clermont counties, and named for Major General Jacob Brown, a U.S. Army officer wounded at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane in the War of 1812. Ripley, on the Ohio River, was an important stop on the Underground Railroad in the decades before the Civil War, owing to its location directly across the river from slave-state Kentucky. Georgetown was the boyhood home of Ulysses S. Grant, who lived there from age one until he left for West Point.<\/p>\n U.S. Routes 50, 52, 62, and 68 cross the county, along with several state routes connecting its towns.<\/p>\n Brown County Airport, a small general-aviation field, sits near Georgetown. The nearest commercial airport is Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky International Airport, about an hour’s drive west.<\/p>\n Where is Brown County, Ohio?<\/strong> What is the population of Brown County?<\/strong> How big is Brown County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Brown County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Brown County?<\/strong> |