Brownsville is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Jackson County,
Illinois
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,
United States
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.
Brownsville, located close to a salt creek that empties into the
Big Muddy River
The Big Muddy River is a river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake.
The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length.
Hydrography ...
, is the former county seat of
Jackson County. It is due west of
Murphysboro and south of
Illinois Route 149. It was moved when the courthouse and downtown burned to the ground in 1843, and the county seat was then moved to Murphysboro.
References
Geography of Jackson County, Illinois
Ghost towns in Illinois
Southern Illinois
Former county seats in Illinois
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