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Welcome to Rowena ...

Rowena is located in Audrain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Rowena is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rowena: 573 & 235<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, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, 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.

  • Mexico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Centralia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hallsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sturgeon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Clark is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Renick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Renick is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
  • Rush Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Holliday
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Holliday is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people

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>

From that list, the Rowena post office opened in 1884. The Rowena post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowena.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Audrain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowena - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Rowena area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Rowena 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/