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Welcome to McGowan ...McGowan is located on the Oregon border (on the Columbia River). McGowan is located in Pacific County<1>. The location of McGowan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of McGowan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. McGowan is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: McGowan lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time McGowan lies within the (360) area code. Communities Also Named McGowan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named McGowan - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky and New York. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McGowan. Communities near McGowan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McGowan.
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 McGowan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McGowan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McGowan. 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 McGowan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McGowan. See our Newspapers Page for McGowan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McGowan ...Looking for more information about McGowan? 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 McGowan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McGowan. Adding McGowan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of McGowan 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 McGowan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found McGowan mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924). For more details, see References and Mentions for McGowan. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McGowan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Pacific County: www.co.pacific.wa.us/ The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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