Lake Brownwood is a reservoir on Jim Ned Creek and Pecan Bayou in

Brown County, Texas Brown County is a county in west-central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,095. Its county seat is Brownwood. The county was founded in 1856 and organized in 1858. It is named for Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Bat ...

, United States. After a devastating flood in 1900, the citizens of Brown County created the Brown County Water Improvement District by election in 1926. The water district acquired the land necessary and built a dam to impound the waters of Pecan Bayou at its confluence with Jim Ned Creek. Dam construction started in 1930 and was completed in 1933. A large flood filled the reservoir in July 1932 but the water was released to complete construction of the dam. Deliberate impoundment of the reservoir began in July 1933. The town of

Lake Brownwood, Texas Lake Brownwood is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Brown County in central Texas, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2010 census. Geography The Lake Brownwood CDP is located in western Brown County at (31.823538, -99.09482 ...

formed, and the Texas Parks Board acquired land for

Lake Brownwood State Park Lake Brownwood State Park is a state park located on the shore of Lake Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, United States and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The 537.5 acre park was acquired by deed from the Brown County ...

in 1933. Lake Brownwood contains two named islands, both located towards the northern half of the lake: Goat Island and McCartney Island.

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Reservoirs in Texas Bodies of water of Brown County, Texas {{BrownCountyTX-geo-stub