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Welcome to Rowenton ...

Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowenton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Rowenton is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rowenton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rowenton: 440 & 436<3>

Communities near Rowenton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowenton ...

Looking for more information about Rowenton? 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 Rowenton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rowenton.

Adding Rowenton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rowenton 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 Rowenton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rowenton post office opened in 1880. The Rowenton post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowenton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Ashtabula, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowenton - 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 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the Rowenton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the Rowenton 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/