Brown County
Also known as Brown County, Ohio, Brown County, OH
county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1818
- Named after
- General Jacob Brown
- Seat
- Georgetown
- Largest village
- Georgetown
- Total
- 493 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 490 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 44,397
- Density
- 89/sq mi (34/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 43,676. The county seat is Georgetown. The county was created in 1818 and is named for Major General Jacob Brown, an officer in the War of 1812 who was wounded at the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Brown County is part of the Cincinnati–Middletown, OH–KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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