Do you know of Owens ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Owens. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Owens.
Our sources for Owens (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Owens other than they indicate that Owens would be found somewhere in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1926 and closed in 1937.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Owens ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Owens.
Within West Virginia, the name Owens is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Owens [Mohave County].
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Owens [Columbia County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Owens [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Owens [Wright County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Owens [Clark County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Owens [Sussex County].
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Owens [Cumberland County].
- Ohio
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Owens [Marion County].
- South Carolina
- Georgetown County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Owens [Georgetown County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Owens [Horry County].
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Owens [Laurens County].
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Owens [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Owens [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Botetourt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Owens [Botetourt County].
- King George County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Owens [King George County].
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Owens [Sussex County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Owens ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Owens:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Owens.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/61468 (Place Name: Owens (RR name for Kanawha City))
County: Kanawha (FIPS State/County: 54/039)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Kanawha County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kanawha County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Owens could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |