Official Name: | Browning, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Browning |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Leflore |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 128 |
Coordinates: | 33.5181°N -90.1197°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38930 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 667634 |
Browning is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi. Browning is approximately 2miles east of Greenwood and 5miles west of Valley Hill on Browning Road near U.S. Route 82.
It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.
Browning is located on the Columbus and Greenville Railway and was once known as Adlena. A post office operated under the name Adlena from 1898 to 1903 and under the name Browning from 1903 to 1912.[1]
Browning was once home to a vocational school.[2]