Welcome to Rowena ...Rowena is located in Russell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. Rowena is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rowena lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Rowena (for example, toward Monticello), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Rowena: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Rowena ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Rowena - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rowena. Communities near Rowena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rowena.
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 Rowena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rowena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rowena. 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 Rowena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rowena. See our Newspapers Page for Rowena. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowena ...Looking for more information about Rowena? 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 Rowena, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rowena. Adding Rowena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rowena in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rowena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowena. Footnotes ...
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