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Place Name
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Brown County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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New Ulm
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Population
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26,984 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°13'N
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Longitude
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94°43'W
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Brown
, county
( 618 sq mi/1,601 sq km;
1990 pop. 26,984), S Minn.;  New Ulm; 44°13'N 94°43'W.
Bounded N by Minnesota R. and drained by Cottonwood and Little
Cottonwood rivers. Agr. area (corn, oats, hay, alfalfa, soybeans, peas;
hogs, sheep, cattle, poultry; dairying); quartzite, silica. L. Hanska
reservoir in S; Flandran State Park in NE at New Ulm. County formed
1855.
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