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Welcome to Gowen Breaker Station ...

Gowen Breaker Station is located in Luzerne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Gowen Breaker Station: Gowen Breaker Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Gowen Breaker Station is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gowen Breaker Station: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Gowen Breaker Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gowen Breaker Station.

  • Hazleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bloomsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pottsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Nanticoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Berwick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Tamaqua
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Shenandoah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • West Hazleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Minersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gowen Breaker Station ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gowen Breaker Station - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Gowen Breaker Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Gowen Breaker Station 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.