Brown County, Ohio

Founding: 1818
Parent counties: Adams and Clermont

Namesake: Jacob Brown, U.S. army officer
Seat: Ripley (1818–1821); Georgetown (1821–)

Land area: 490 square miles

Population (2020): 43,676

Population (historic): 13,356 (1820); 29,958 (1860); 32,911 (1880); 28,237 (1900); 20,148 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Nine villages; three CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,097 (16%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $904
Average outbuilding value (1930): $711

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,890
Average farm size (1920): 67.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ireland, and France
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Georgetown

Namesake: Georgetown, Kentucky

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,453

Population (historic): 618 (1850); 1,037 (1870); 1,473 (1890); 1,580 (1910); 1,531 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 294 (15%)

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