Brownbranch, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| name = Brownbranch, Missouri

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| settlement_type = Community

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Missouri

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Taney County

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| elevation_ft = 906

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| blank_info = 749046{{GNIS|749046}}

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Brownbranch is an unincorporated community in northeastern Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Beaver Creek at the intersection of Route 76 and Missouri Supplemental Route W, approximately {{convert|23|mi}} northeast of Forsyth. Bradleyville lies about {{convert|5.7|mi}} to the west on Route 76 and McClurg lies about {{convert|3.5|mi}} to the east on Route W.Brownbranch, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985 The community is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Brownbranch had a post office from 1875 to 1962 (known as Brown Branch for the first 20 years).[http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/data/County/taney.htm Post offices of Taney County] The community was named after the Brown family, which lived at a nearby creek.{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_taney.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071824/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_taney.html | archivedate=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live | title=Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | accessdate=December 27, 2016 }}