Owens Station, Delaware

Owens, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Owens is located in Delaware
Owens
Owens
Owens is located in the United States
Owens
Owens
Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 75°31′34″W / 38.80556°N 75.52611°W / 38.80556; -75.52611
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountySussex
Elevation
52 ft (16 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID216172[1]

Owens Station, Delaware was a community in Delaware, U.S.A.[2]

History

Owens in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1902

Owens station was a stop on the now defunct Queen Anne's Railroad line between Ellendale and Greenwood. After the railroad closed down and the tracks were removed, all property owned by the railroad was returned to its previous landowners and several small communities built around the stops disappeared. Some houses still exist from the town, at the intersection of Beach Highway and Owens Rd, but most of the former town has disappeared.[3]

The Owens Station Hunting Preserve takes its name from the former rail community.[4]

The remains of the settlement, now called simply Owens, is an unincorporated community located on Delaware Route 16 east of Greenwood.

Owens' population was 18 in 1900,[5] and was 62 in 1925.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owens Station, Delaware
  2. ^ "Owens Station - Ghost Town".
  3. ^ "Owens Station (Delaware)".
  4. ^ "Home". owensstation.com.
  5. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  6. ^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 175.
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