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Brown

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NORTH CAROLINA

A historical populated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Brown
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
North Carolina
County
Wilkes County
USGS Map
Wilkesboro
Coordinates
36.1381869, -81.2061977
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GNIS Feature ID
1002157

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1002157. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Champion Map Corporation. Reidsville, North Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina, 1990.
  • Map Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.