Editing Brownell, Kansas (section)

==History==
Brownell was a station on the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n241 245]}}</ref> The community was named for Mr. Brownell, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4488 | title=Profile for Brownell, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=19 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515051955/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4488 | archive-date=15 May 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first post office in Brownell was established in 1880, but the post office was called '''Vansburgh''' until 1888.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:NS/sort:date_established/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref>