Brownwood, Texas

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Local Information for Brownwood, TX

Latitude: 31.70792 -- Longitude: -98.982372

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Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,813 at the 2000 census. During the Second World War, Brownwood was the location of U.S. Army Camp Bowie, which had a peak complement of over 80,000 soldiers. Camp Bowie serves as a training camp today at the intersection Farm-to-market roads 45 and 2126.On 19 April 1976, an F5 tornado struck Brownwood, causing extensive damage, but no fatalities. Brownwood's census figures were re-evaluated after the 2000 census from 18,813 to reflect more accurate figures of 20,407. The city was categorized in 2003 as a "Micropolitan Statistical Area". The federal Office of Management and Budget has issued a definition of "Micropolitan Statistical Areas" as "an urban cluster of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core, as measured by commuting ties." -- Source: Wikipedia.com