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Welcome to Owen Center ...

Owen Center is located in Winnebago County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Owen Center: Owen Ctr. (or less commonly used: Owen Cen., Owen Cent. or Owen Cntr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Owen Center for more information about variations on the name of Owen Center.

Owen Center is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Owen Center lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Owen Center: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Owen Center ...

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

  • Rockford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Beloit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
  • Belvidere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Loves Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Machesney Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roscoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • South Beloit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Poplar Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Byron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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 Owen Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Owen Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Owen Center. 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 Owen Center.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Owen Center ...

Looking for more information about Owen Center? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Owen Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Owen Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Winnebago, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Owen Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Owen Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Owen Center area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.