History · Brown

Brown’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Brown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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2recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Brown Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 255 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 293 to 255 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

2 historic places in Brown

2 places in Brown are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Ohioby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed2 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
0historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1973first listedHope Furnace · newest: Moonville Tunnel, 2021

Where they are

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Structures

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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