Brownsville, Jackson County, Illinois

Ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois, United States For the unincorporated community in White County, Illinois, see Brownsville, White County, Illinois.

Brownsville is a ghost town in Jackson County, Illinois, United States.

Brownsville, located close to a salt creek that empties into the Big Muddy River, is the former county seat of Jackson County. It is 3.25 miles (5.23 km) due west of Murphysboro and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Illinois Route 149. It was moved when the courthouse and downtown burned to the ground in 1843, and the county seat was then moved to Murphysboro.

References

Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois, Glenn J. Sneed
"Historical encyclopedia of Illinois", Bateman, et al.
Visitors Guide to the Jackson County, Illinois

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Murphysboro
Cities	Ava Carbondale‡ Grand Tower Murphysboro	Map of Illinois highlighting Jackson County
Villages	Campbell Hill De Soto Dowell Elkville Gorham Makanda Vergennes
Townships	Bradley Carbondale Degognia DeSoto Elk Fountain Bluff Grand Tower Kinkaid Levan Makanda Murphysboro Ora Pomona Sand Ridge Somerset Vergennes
CDP	Harrison
Other unincorporated communities	Boskydell Cora Crain Degognia Dry Hill Etherton Glenn Grimsby Hallidayboro Howardton Jacob Jones Ridge Mount Carbon Neunert Oraville Pomona Raddle Reeds Station Sand Ridge Sato West Point
Ghost town	Brownsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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