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Brown County is divided into 5 Civil Townships as follows: Hamblen, Jackson,
Johnson, Van Buren and Washington.
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Brown County was organized February 4, 1836, which was made effective April
1, 1836.
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The first name of the County Seat was Jacksonburg. During the first year
of its career it was changed to Nashville.
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Nashville was first settled in 1837 by W. S. Roberts, P. C. Parker, A. McGee,
J. D. Kennedy, H. Jackson and by 1849 contained thirty houses and 150
inhabitants.
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Nashville is one of only 4 county seats that were never serviced by a railroad.
Thanks to Nathan Bilger at
http://indiana.railfan.net
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During the 1930s depression rural counties suffered terribly. Meredith W.
Fry, who lived in Lawrence County at the time, remembers pennies being referred
to as "Brown County Gold."
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1830.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Brown County start with the prefix
7 because it is the seventh county in alphabetical listing.
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