Rowena, Kentucky

Rowena
Unincorporated community
Baptist church on U.S. Route 127
Baptist church on U.S. Route 127
Rowena is located in Kentucky
Rowena
Rowena
Location within the state of Kentucky
Rowena is located in the United States
Rowena
Rowena
Rowena (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°52′40″N 85°6′23″W / 36.87778°N 85.10639°W / 36.87778; -85.10639
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyRussell
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID508982[1]

Rowena is an unincorporated community located in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office called Rowena was established in 1847, and remained in operation until 1967.[2] The community most likely was named after a local woman.[3]

The community was flooded in 1951 and sank beneath Lake Cumberland, the lake that was created on the Cumberland River by the construction of the Wolf Creek Dam by the TVA, the Tennessee Valley Authority.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rowena, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Russell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 257. ISBN 0-8131-2631-2.


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