Browns Valley, Minnesota 56219
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N 45° 35.713 W 096° 49.991
14T E 669000 N 5051358
Small town post office.
Waymark Code: WMEVJA
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2012
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Browns Valley is located in Traverse County, Minnesota, on the South Dakota/Minnesota border. It has a population of 589, as of 2010, and has dropped in population by about 15% sice the 2000 census.
The city of Browns Valley was founded in 1866 by Major Joseph R. Brown who owned around 1,000 acres of land in the area. The government had built a log house, which Joseph had transported from Fort Wadsworth, which is now known as Fort Sisseton. He and his family used the log house as a trading post, stage line stop, tavern and inn. The log home is still standing today in the center of the village.
Samual J. Brown, the son of the founder, opened a post office in the log home and became the first postmaster. The settlement and post office were first named Lake Traverse station and Browns Station, but were renamed Browns Valley after the death of Joseph Brown in 1870. The village of Browns Valley was platted in 1868 and incorporated in 1881. In 1986, Sam Brown’s Memorial Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Type of structure:: Stand Alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 56219
Current Status:: Still in Use
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