Brownsville (Tennessee) - town in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States

Brownsville is in Western Tennessee.

Understand

This community is one of many in the delta region that grew up around wealthy cotton-planting ventures requiring heavy slave labor and the subsequent mistreatment of African Americans thru disenfranchisement, including lynching, even after that way of life was upended. But now it is often correlated with Tina Turner who grew up here, and bar-b-que cooking.

Get in

Get around

See

• West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center / Tina Turner Museum, 121 Sunny Hill Cove, 35.54098°, -89.24585°, +1 731-779-9000. Tu-Sa 9am-5pm, Su 1pm-5pm, M closed. This museum offers a vignette on the Western Tennessee delta region with exhibits on things like cotton, blues artists, turtles and other endemic species, and Tina Turner (grew up in this community of Brownsville). Free, $10 for guided tour 2021-08-29
• Mindfield Cemetery, 344 W Main St, 35.59351°, -89.26639°. An abstract metal artwork creation that looks a bit like Watts Towers in LA. 2021-08-29

Do

• Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 6772 TN-76, Stanton, 35.4987°, -89.2621°. Swamp and marshland area where you can explore walking trails, view wildlife and lily pads, and look at dioramas. 2021-08-29

Buy

Eat

• Helen's Bar BQ, 1016 N Washington Ave, 35.60416°, -89.2603°, +1 731 779-3255. Tu-Sa 10am-7pm. Highly regarded cuisine in these parts. 2021-08-29

Drink

Sleep

• Comfort Inn Brownsville I-40, 120 Sunny Hill Cove, 35.54003°, -89.24525°, +1 731 734-2676. Gym facility. 2021-08-29

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