Brown County

Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 248,007,^[1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Green Bay.^[2] Brown County is part of the Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Brown County is one of Wisconsin’s two original counties, along with Crawford County. It originally spanned the entire eastern half of the state when formed by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1818. It was named for Major General Jacob Brown,^[3][4] a military leader during the War of 1812. The oldest known tree in Wisconsin, a 1,300 year-old cedar growing on the Niagara Escarpment, was found in Brown County.^[5]

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 616 square miles, of which 530 square miles is land and 86 square miles (14%) is water.^[6]

Burning Restrictions and Map Wisconsin DNR

Brown County Website