Welcome to Rowland ...

So far, we found very little information about Rowland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rowland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rowland, please Contact Us.

Rowland would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>.

The location of Rowland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rowland is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Rowland was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Rowland still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code.

Communities Also Named Rowland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Rowland - they are located in Alabama, California, Georgia (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rowland.

Communities near Rowland ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rowland.

• Zanesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanesville
  • Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,193 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zanesville <5>
• Crooksville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooksville
  • Crooksville is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,476 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooksville <5>
• Byesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byesville
  • Byesville is located in Guernsey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,345 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byesville <5>
• New Concord
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
  • New Concord is located in Muskingum County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,165 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Concord <5>
• South Zanesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Zanesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
  • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
• Roseville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Roseville is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,833 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseville <5>
• McConnelsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnelsville
  • McConnelsville is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McConnelsville <5>
• Caldwell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
  • Caldwell is located in Noble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caldwell <5>
• Beverly
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Beverly is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beverly <5>
• Philo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
  • Philo is located in Muskingum County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rowland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rowland.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rowland. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rowland.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rowland. See our Newspapers Page for Rowland.

Adding Rowland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rowland in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rowland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rowland post office opened in 1871.

We also found Rowland in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/