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Welcome to Rowden ...

Rowden is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Rowden is located in Callahan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Rowden is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Rowden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rowden - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Rowden ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowden ...

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

Adding Rowden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rowden 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 for Rowden was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Rowden in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Rowden post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Callahan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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