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Brownsville was designated the county seat of Haywood County by the legislature on October, 16, 1824, and the town was legally incorporated in 1826. [9] The town was named for General Jacob Jennings Brown due to a local legend that he has established a trading post just southeast of what is now the town square prior to the treaty with the Chickasaw people allowing settlement in Western ...
Haywood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the region known as West Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,864. Its county seat and largest city is Brownsville. [2] It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee, along with Shelby County, with a majority African-American population.
The Brownsville Carnegie Library, located at 121 W Main St. in Brownsville, Tennessee, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [1] [2] It is a Carnegie library, funded by a $7,500 grant December 2, 1909. It was built between 1910-1912 and was operated as a library from 1912 to 2002. It was renovated in 1993.
The Jefferson Street Historic District in Brownsville, Tennessee is a 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1] It is an area which emerged in the early 1900s as the center for the city’s African-American community.
A Tennessee transportation official says there is no date set for I-40 to reopen, despite a Google Maps notification saying September 2025.
US 70A begins in Haywood County in Brownsville at an intersection with US 70/US 79/SR 1/SR 76 just east of downtown. It heads north, concurrent with US 79 and unsigned SR 76, along Dupree Street to bypass downtown along its east side to come to an intersection with SR 369, where the highway turns east along N Washington Avenue to leave Brownsville and pass through farmland and rural areas for ...
The Dunbar-Carver Historic District in Brownsville, Tennessee is a 32.7 acres (13.2 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The district is a historic center for Brownsville's African American middle-class citizens.
State Route 369 (SR 369), also known as N Washington Avenue, is a short 1.11-mile-long (1.79 km) east-west state highway located entirely in the city of Brownsville, Tennessee. [ 2 ] Route description