Browns Valley, Minnesota

Browns Valley
City
Location of Browns Valley within Traverse County, Minnesota
Coordinates: 45°35′41″N 96°49′54″W / 45.59472°N 96.83167°W / 45.59472; -96.83167
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Traverse
Area [1]
• Total	0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2)
• Land	0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	988 ft (301 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	558
• Estimate  (2021)[3]	546
• Density	714.47/sq mi (275.87/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56219
Area code	320
FIPS code	27-08200[4]
GNIS feature ID	0659752[5]
Website	brownsvalleymn.com

Browns Valley is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States, adjacent to the South Dakota border. The population was 558 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Browns Valley lies along the Little Minnesota River between the northern end of Big Stone Lake and the southern end of Lake Traverse, which is separated from the Little Minnesota River by a low and narrow continental divide that skirts the northern edge of town. 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.