Browntown Ghost Town NC

Mackaydon

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The town was founded in 1791, it was incorporated by the legislature of 1842-1843. At one time 800 residents lived in or around the town's city limits. The town was equipped with six doctors during it's life. Browntown was a thriving community until the railroad passed them by converting it to a ghost town, gone but not forgotten.
Ester Brown was the last resident of Browntown. She was a midwife and was present until 1895. The town was located at the crossroads of the Old Plank and Salisbury-Deep River Roads
REMAINS: The old burial ground is still there along with the remains of the old hat store.
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Source: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nc/browntown.html
 

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