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==History== Few records of the early history are available because the first books were destroyed by fire. Recorded history of Browns begins in 1880 when John Henderson and his wife Emma had the present site surveyed into blocks, streets, lots and alleys and named it "Frazier".<ref name=seq>''Edwards County Sesquicentennial Book, 1814-1964''</ref> On May 7, 1892, a petition was filed asking that an election be held to incorporate the site as the village of Browns, apparently in honor of John L. Brown, a prominent citizen of that name.<ref>Edward Callary, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvHgwa-XImcC Place Names of Illinois]'' (University of Illinois Press, 2010), p. 47.</ref> The election was held on May 24 of that year and carried narrowly, 31 to 27.<ref name=seq /> The village of Browns is a [[dry county|"dry" community]] and has been since the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] days.<ref name=seq />
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