Brownsville
city, port of entry, and county-seat of Cameron co., Tex.; on the Rio Grande and St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican railroads, opposite Matamoras, Mexico. It contains the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Convent and Academy of the Incarnate Word, a United States Government building, and National banks; and has a large trade with Mexico. In the suburbs is Fort Brown, a garrisoned United States post. In May, 1846, Brownsville was occupied and fortified by a small body of United States troops, who maintained their position in the face of a heavy bambardment that lasted for 160 hours; and in November, 1863, it was taken from the Confederates by a Federal army under General Banks.
Pop. (1910) 10,517; (1920) 11,791.