Brownsboro is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,212 at the 2020 census, up from 1,039 at the 2010 census. The city is on Texas State Highway 31.
History
Brownsboro was first settled in 1849 by John "Red" Brown, who operated a toll bridge across Kickapoo Creek on the road to Jordan's Saline and Tyler. He had received a state issued license to operate a bridge near the town of Old Normandy. By 1860, Henry Cade had erected a sawmill and a cotton gin. With the construction of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway through the county in 1880, the town moved to the railroad.
The town of Old Normandy was near the site of present-day Brownsboro. It was established in 1845 by Johan Reinert Reiersen of Kristiansand, Norway, who urged Norwegian immigrants to settle in the new community. In the summer of 1847, a number of settlers died and many of the Norwegian immigrants moved to Four Mile Prairie in Van Zandt County and Prairieville in Kaufman County, also established by Reiersen.
A Norwegian Lutheran church and cemetery were established in Normandy in 1853, but after that the community merged into the Brownsboro settlement. A nearby Lutheran church served as the chapel for the cemetery until the 1920s.
Geography
Brownsboro is located in northeastern Henderson County. Texas State Highway 31 passes through the city, leading east to Tyler and southwest to Athens, the Henderson county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Brownsboro has a total area of , all land.
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2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Brownsboro racial composition as of 2020<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|877
|72.36%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|58
|4.79%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|7
|0.58%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|3
|0.25%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|4
|0.33%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|53
|4.37%
|
|Hispanic or Latino
|210
|17.33%
|-
|Total
|1,212
|
|}
As of the 2020 census, Brownsboro had a population of 1,212, 453 households, and 421 families residing in the city.
The median age was 33.0 years. 27.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.7 males age 18 and over.
Of the 453 households, 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.8% were married-couple households, 18.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
|-
| White || 77.3%
|-
| Black or African American || 4.8%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1.4%
|-
| Asian || 0.2%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0%
|-
| Some other race || 8.1%
|-
| Two or more races || 8.2%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 17.3%
|}
2010 census
As of the census