| Official Name: | Brownsville, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Licking |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bowling Green |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.31 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.31 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 214 |
| Population Density Km2: | 92.77 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 240.18 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1053 |
| Coordinates: | 39.9433°N -82.25°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 43721 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-09596[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628868 |
Brownsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 214. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 with State Route 668.
Brownsville starts when the National Road was extended to that point.[3] The community was laid out in 1829.[4] Brownsville was named for its founder, Adam Brown. A post office was established in 1830.[5]
Brownsville is in southeastern Licking County, southeast of Newark, the county seat. The community's northern border is the boundary between Bowling Green Township and Hopewell Township, and the southern border follows Interstate 70. Access to I-70 is provided by Exit 141, a half-interchange directly south of the town on State Route 668, for traffic traveling to and from the west. A complementary interchange for traffic to and from the east is Exit 142 in Gratiot, 2miles east of Brownsville. Both I-70 and US-40 lead east to Zanesville and west to Columbus.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brownsville CDP has a total area of 2.3sqkm, of which 2422order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.10%, are water.[2] Brownsville is in the valley of Berry Run, a south-flowing tributary of Valley Run, which via Jonathan Creek is part of the Muskingum River watershed flowing south to the Ohio River.
Flint Ridge State Memorial is 3miles north of Brownsville.