Brownsville is a city in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Haywood County. The city is named after Jacob Jennings Brown, an officer who served during The War of 1812. On April 2, 2006 the town was hit by an F2 tornado doing heavy damage to the Hickory Mills Subdivision.
Brownsville is located at 35°35′26″N 89°15′39″W / 35.59056°N 89.26083°W / 35.59056; -89.26083 (35.590558, -89.260902).
According to the United ...
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Brownsville is a city in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Haywood County. The city is named after Jacob Jennings Brown, an officer who served during The War of 1812. On April 2, 2006 the town was hit by an F2 tornado doing heavy damage to the Hickory Mills Subdivision.
Brownsville is located at 35°35′26″N 89°15′39″W / 35.59056°N 89.26083°W / 35.59056; -89.26083 (35.590558, -89.260902).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.1 square miles (23.6 km²), all of it land.
Brownsville is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk.
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,748 people, 4,105 households, and 2,865 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,178.1 people per square mile (455.0/km²). There were 4,372 housing units at an average density of 479.2/sq mi (185.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 36.52% White, 60.72% African American,...
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