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Welcome to Cowart ...

Cowart is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cowart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Cowart is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cowart: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Cowart ...

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

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

Communities near Cowart ...

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

  • Warsaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Heathsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Morrisons Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Morrisons Corner is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisons Corner
  • Kinsale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rainswood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
  • Scotland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Tucker Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
  • Griffiths Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
  • Gum Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cowart ...

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

Adding Cowart to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cowart post office opened in 1891. The Cowart post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cowart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Northumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cowart - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Cowart area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Cowart 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/