Rowena is an unincorporated community located in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
Rowena | |
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 Baptist church on U.S. Route 127 | |
  Rowena Location within the state of Kentucky  Rowena Rowena (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°52′40″N 85°6′23″W / 36.87778°N 85.10639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Russell |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 508982[1] |
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
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rowena, Kentucky
- ^ "Russell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 257. ISBN 0-8131-2631-2.
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