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Brown County

county in Illinois, United States
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Summary

Brown County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 289 Wikipedia views per month (county of illinois category, ranking #52 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Mount Sterling[5]
  • Shares border with: Schuyler County[6], Cass County[7], Morgan County[8], Pike County[9], Adams County[10]
  • Named after: Jacob Brown[11]
  • Commons category: Brown County, Illinois[12]
  • Inception: February 1, 1839[13]
  • Official website: https://browncountyil.com[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brown County, Illinois[15]
  • Population: 6937[16], 6912[17], 6879[18], 6908[19], 6860[20], 6829[21], 6244[22]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Brown County, Illinois[23]
  • Number of households: 2090[24]
  • Native label: Brown County[25]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108287[26]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Brown County, Illinois[27]
  • Different from: Brown County[28]
  • Area: 796 km²[29]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.5 percent[30]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Brown County, Illinois[31]
  • Per capita income: 22,835 US dollars[32]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Brown County, Illinois.tab[33]

Why It Matters

Brown County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . browncountyil.com. browncountyil.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: county of Illinois"
  2. 5d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: county of Illinois"
  3. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Brown County, Illin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Brown County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Schuyler County, Cass County, Morgan County +2
    Named after → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+796'}
    Local thumb → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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