Welcome to Owensville ...
So far, we found very little information about Owensville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Owensville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Owensville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Owensville, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Owensville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Clay County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Owensville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.
Time Zone: The area where Owensville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Owensville would have been located in the (816) area code.
Communities Also Named Owensville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Owensville: This one is located in Clay County and the other is located in Gasconade County.
Beyond Missouri, there are 10 communities that are also named Owensville - they are located in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Maryland (2), Ohio (2), Texas and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Owensville.
Adding Owensville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Owensville 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 Owensville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Owensville post office opened in 1839.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Owensville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clay County: www.claycogov.com/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Owensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |