What County Is Brownsville, Texas In?

Brownsville is in Cameron County, Texas.

Brownsville city: generalized boundary, north up. Open street map ↗
Official code
4810768
Representative coordinates
25.989404, -97.480625
Land area
316.01 km²
Water area
16.618 km²
State
Texas
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County boundaries in Brownsville

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Coordinates of Brownsville

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Elevation in Brownsville

3 m · 10 ft. GNIS archived height at its named reference point (25.997542, -97.4579961), which may differ from the Census point. Terrain height varies across the place; this is not a city-wide or surveyed elevation. Request height at a different point.

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Time zones in Brownsville

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Census ZIP areas

78520 · 78521 · 78526 · 78566 · 78575 · 78578 · 78583 · 78586

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