BROWN COUNTY OHIO - Brown County General Facts
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BROWN COUNTY OHIO

DATE CREATED - 1818 
PARENT COUNTY - Adams, Clermont 
COUNTY SEAT - Georgetown 
SURROUNDED BY:
NORTHWEST - Clinton County
NORTHEAST - Highland County
EAST - Adams County
SOUTH - State of Kentucky
WEST - Clermont County

OTHER INFORMATION:

Brown County is situated on the Ohio River about 35 miles east of
Cincinnati. It was formed in 1817 from parts of Adams and Clermont
counties. The name comes from Jacob Brown, a hero of the War of 1812.

Georgetown, the largest village in the county, is the county seat. It is
also the boyhood home of Ulysses S. Grant. Near Georgetown, the George
Rankin House in Ripley was the first established station of the underground
railroad which enabled slaves to escape to freedom.

Agricultural products include; tobacco, livestock, and grain. Other
principle industries in Brown county include; leather, shoes, plastic
machinery parts, surgical equipment, non-alcoholic beverages, cement
blocks, metal tool boxes, railroad cars, and wildlife art prints.

Probate Court has birth, marriage & probate records from 1800s; Clerk
of Courts has divorce & civil court records from 1800s; County Health
Department has death records from 1800s; County Recorder has land records.

Following is information received from Wayne Hill at JoKeRPuCK@aol.com
on January 26, 1998.

Hello........I am a long time resident of Brown County Ohio and I think
that there is some vital information of its history that you need to
include in your outline of Brown County.

1. Brown County has the biggest county fair in Ohio,(only smaller to the
State Fair)

2. Sometime in the 1970's I believe the courthouse in Georgetown
burnt down.......with it MANY of the public files went up in flames.

3. The Ohio Tobacco Festavil is the largest in its kind in the world.

4. Brown County Farmers produce the largest crop of tobacco in Ohio
every year.

5. (This may be a small fact and miniscule) Brown County was the first
to elect into the Fair Court male representatives of each of the
departments, (Beef,Swine,Poultry) very similar to the Fair King and Queen.


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