Brownwood, Texas

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The city of Brownwood is located in Brown County and is the county seat.

Brownwood is 400 feet [121.92 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Brownwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Brownwood can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Brownwood had a population of 18,813 people^<2> (or 49.89% of the total population of Brown County). The population of Brownwood represented 0.09% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 115th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Brownwood had a population of 19,140 people. This is an increase of 1.74% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Brownwood.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bangs	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,567	3.27% decrease
	Blanket	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	400	0.5% decrease
	Buffalo	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Coleman	W	27 mi [43.45 km]	4,691	8.5% decrease
	Comanche	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	4,201	6.27% decrease
	Goldthwaite	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	1,736	3.66% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Brownwood.

Websites for Brownwood

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The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Brownwood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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