Browns Valley, MN

Browns Valley is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States, adjacent to the South Dakota border. The 2020 census counted 558 residents. The city, both lakes, and the river lie in the Traverse Gap, the bed of ancient, south-flowing Glacial River Warren, the outlet to Glacial Lake Agassiz which, when drained, became the valley of the north-flowing Red River of the North. Browns Valley was first settled in 1867 by Joseph R. Browns Valley's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Minnesota setting. The local scoop is how Browns Valley's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Brown, and named for him. Browns Valley is rested in an old glacier path. Browns Valley Lies in the center of Traverse Gap, a valley and ancient riverbed.