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Brown County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
62historic places
—earliest paper
1818formed
268,740pop. 2020
40cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 62 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Green Bay, De Pere, Allouez.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Brown titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 62 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

62 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allouez Pump HouseAllouezBuilding2016
Allouez Water Department and Town HallAllouezBuilding2016
Astor Historic DistrictGreen BayDistrict1980
Baeten, John, StoreDe PereBuilding2014
Baird Law OfficeGreen BayBuilding1970
Broadway-Dousman Historic DistrictGreen BayDistrict1999
Broadway-Walnut Historic DistrictGreen BayDistrict1999
Brown County CourthouseGreen BayBuilding1976
Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger DepotGreen BayBuilding1999
Christ Episcopal Church ComplexGreen BayBuilding2012
Cotton HouseGreen BayBuilding1970
Daviswood Ranch Homes Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2021
De Pere Lock and Dam Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict1993
De Pere Public LibraryDe PereBuilding2002
Fisk, Joel S., HouseGreen BayBuilding1978
Fort Howard HospitalGreen BayBuilding1979
Fort Howard Officers' QuartersGreen BayBuilding1979
Fort Howard Ward BuildingGreen BayBuilding1979
Fox TheatreGreen BayBuilding2000
Franciscan Publishers BuildingPulaskiBuilding2020
Grassy Island Range LightsGreen BayStructure2005
Green Bay Downtown Historic DistrictGreen BayDistrict2019
Green Bay Harbor Entrance LightPort ComfortStructure2008
Green Bay YMCAGreen BayBuilding2016
Greiling, Herman and Lillian, HouseAllouezBuilding2021
Gretzinger, Otto and Hilda, HouseDe PereBuilding2011
Gutknecht, Edwin and Jennie, HouseDe PereBuilding2015
HazelwoodGreen BayBuilding1970
Henry HouseSuamicoBuilding1980
Heyrman, Henry and Mary, HouseDe PereBuilding2015
Holy Cross Church and ConventGreen BayBuilding2001
Hotel NorthlandGreen BayBuilding2013
Kellogg Public Library and Neville Public MuseumGreen BayBuilding1981
Kohl, Edward F. and Jean, HouseDe PereBuilding2023
Lawton, C. A., CompanyDe PereBuilding1992
Lenfestey, Agnes and Ruth Lenfestey Mark, HouseDe PereBuilding2023
Little Kaukauna Lock and Dam Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict1993
Main Avenue Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2010
Main HallDe PereBuilding1988
Mansion Street WWII Defense Housing Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2021
Mason ManorGreen BayBuilding2023
Milwaukee Road Passenger DepotGreen BayBuilding1996
Miramar Drive Residential Historic DistrictAllouezDistrict2018
Mueller-Wright HouseWrightstownBuilding1978
Neufeld, Albert C. and Ellen H., HouseAllouezBuilding2018
Nichols, John T., and Margaret, HouseAllouezBuilding2005
North Broadway Street Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict1983
North Michigan Street-North Superior Street Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2007
Oakland-Dousman Historic DistrictGreen BayDistrict1988
Randall Avenue Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2007
Rioux, Angeline Champeau, HouseHowardBuilding1994
Robinson Hill Historic DistrictAllouezDistrict2021
Rockwood Lodge Barn and PigstyGreen BayBuilding2004
Smith, J.B., House and GranaryGreen BayBuilding2004
South Broadway Historic DistrictDe PereDistrict2010
St. Mary of the Angels Church and MonasteryGreen BayBuilding2019
Steckart and Falck Double BlockDe PereBuilding2011
Sunset Circle Residential Historic DistrictAllouezDistrict2024
Tank CottageGreen BayBuilding1970
Union House HotelDe PereBuilding2003
Whitney SchoolGreen BayBuilding2017
Wisconsin State ReformatoryAllouezDistrict1990

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Brown was formed in 1818 (1818-12-03) from Wisconsin.

BROWN created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Michigan and Wisconsin.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Brown County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

269k135k9521820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9522,10711,79534,07846,35961,88983,10998,314125,082175,280226,778268,740

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

40 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed
NameLatLon
Allouez Catholic Cemetery44.48305-88.02657
Bellevue Cemetery44.46591-87.92263
Denmark Lutheran Cemetery44.35356-87.80566
Eastside Cemetery44.35935-87.78637
Emmanuel Cemetery44.29915-87.95037
Fairview Cemetery44.31331-88.07838
Fort Howard Memorial Park44.54422-88.04608
Greenwood Cemetery44.43069-88.06959
Holy Cross Cemetery44.55369-87.88204
Humboldt Cemetery44.50134-87.84681
Kunesh Cemetery44.61535-88.18549
Lawrence Cemetery44.43476-88.12004
Mill Centre Cemetery44.58963-88.14943
Mount Calvary Cemetery44.4572-88.09926
Mount Olivet Cemetery44.43891-88.05485
Nicolet Memorial Gardens44.54386-87.89364
North Pittsfield Cemetery44.64831-88.13634
Our Saviors of Eaton Cemetery44.4436-87.86815
Pleasant Hill Cemetery44.59338-87.86293
Polish Cemetery44.4011-87.90815
Potters Field Cemetery44.52401-87.92715
Riverside Cemetery44.32307-88.1666
Rovnost National Cemetery44.32772-87.85167
Saint Benedict Catholic Cemetery44.63413-88.05526
Saint Francis Catholic Cemetery44.25043-88.17776
Saint Huberts Cemetery44.50212-87.78235
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery44.57319-88.10841
Saint Johns Cemetery44.29868-88.01395
Saint Johns Cemetery44.31377-88.151
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery of Ashwaubenon44.50332-88.11926
Saint Josephs Cemetery44.45108-87.78386
Saint Kilian Cemetery44.53421-87.83176
Saint Marys Cemetery44.50022-87.82224
Saint Paul Cemetery44.32154-88.18807
Seventh - Day Adventist Cemetery44.5984-87.76464
South Lawrence Cemetery44.36619-88.17724
Woodlawn Cemetery44.4905-88.01982
Zion Cemetery44.27064-87.96455
Zion Cemetery44.36188-87.95983
Zion Lutheran Cemetery44.51763-88.17204

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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