Brownson is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Cheyenne County,

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, United States. It is one endpoint of the Sidney and Lowe Railroad.

History

Brownson was named for a former general freight agent of the

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. A post office called Bronson (without the W) operated from 1887 until 1895.

References

Populated places in Cheyenne County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{CheyenneCountyNE-geo-stub