Brownsville
A historical populated place in Lawrence County, South Dakota, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS historical note
Ghost town; named for David Brown, the contractor, who for many years, supplied much of the logging equipment and supervision to this Homestake lumber camp. (SD-T25/p. 4)
Also recorded as
- Avalon
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1265621. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
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- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
- Text Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. South Dakota Geographic Names. Brevet Press, Sioux Falls, SD, 1973.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.