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Brown City is a city in Lapeer and Sanilac counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,325 at the 2010 census. The city is located almost exclusively in Sanilac County, with only a small portion of the city extending into Lapeer County.

Brown City city overview:
Name:	Brown City city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Lapeer County, Sanilac County
Elevation:	823 ft (251 m)
Total Area:	1.14 sq mi (2.94 km²)
Land Area:	1.13 sq mi (2.94 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,302
Population Density:	1,148.15/sq mi (443.30/km²)
ZIP code:	48416
Area code:	810
FIPS code:	2611180
GNISfeature ID:	0622071
Website:	www.ci.brown-city.mi.us

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History

Brown City was established in 1879 as a station on the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway, later a part of the Pere Marquette Railroad. The area quickly grew to become an efficient shipment point for lumber and grains. Brown City was incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1907. The Marquette Flyer provided early rail passenger and mail service between Detroit and Ludington. In the 1920s the Pere Marquette came under the control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and was formally merged into it on 6 June 1947.

The city fell under the 4th Class City Act for its governance. In 1998, the city residents approved a charter ending its fourth class city status.

On 30 April 1998, the Huron and Eastern Railway purchased CSX’s Port Huron Subdivision from Saginaw to Brown City. The line southeast of Brown City is still in place to the Avoca grain elevator, but has been out of service since the HESR acquisition.