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Welcome to Cowden ...

Cowden is located in Aiken County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cowden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Cowden is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cowden: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Cowden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cowden - they are located in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cowden.

Communities near Cowden ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cowden ...

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

Adding Cowden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cowden post office opened in 1877. The Cowden post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cowden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Aiken, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cowden - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Cowden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Cowden 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/