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Township Monroe |
Location: CR 050W, 600S
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Other Names:
Spelled "Cowen": Cowan PO: [S10] - [S12] - McCowan's: |
Date Platted:
1869 Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S13,
p 12] - |
Population:
- 1880: 139 [S6, page 3] - |
Maps: 1870: "Cowan P.O." [S12] - 1874: Town Plat Map - [S13, p 12] - 1876: "Cowan P.O." [S10] - |
Post Office Data Post Office Established: 13 Dec 1869 Post Office Closed: c. 1960 [S8] - - Postmark [S3, p 430] |
Postmasters Jacob Stiffler -- 13 Dec 1869 Andrew J. Fleming -- 21 Nov 1872 Robert M. Ball -- 4 Jan 1876 H.C. Haymond -- 20 Feb 1880 [1] Robert M. Ball -- 25 Aug 1881 (2nd appt) Wiliam H. Neff -- 5 May 1886 John A. Jones -- 5 May 1888 Lewis L. Perdine -- 19 May 1889 Moses E. Harris -- 23 Apr 1891 Grant E. Derbyshire -- 11 Nov 1892 Neve Bonslog -- 3 Nov 1896 Charles H. Kiger --13 Jan 1898 David S. Koons -- 15 Dec 1900 Charles Skinner -- 25 Sep 1901 George T. Barrett -- 3 Sep 1902 Marion L. Kirk -- 18 May 1905 John W. Jefferson -- 7 May 1906 George T. Barrett --25 Sep 1906 (2nd appt) John Brunner -- 3 Apr 1908 Moses C. Barnhard -- 22 Apr 1910 Everitt W. Young -- 10 Nov 1910 Joseph Neal -- 7 Mar 1922 Belle V. Gilbert -- 12 Jan 1923 Closed -- 15 Jun 1923 Charlotte Clevenger -- [1] " H. Clay Haymond is the postmaster and agent for the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad [S15, p 265] |
Cowan Post office (McCowan's Station) "a station on the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad" - [S15, p 265] |
Schools: [S14 page 97] - - Cowan School, 1904 - Photo with caption - [Album of Yesteryear, Muncie Star, 27 Nov 1988] - Doc2688.pdf - Photo shows school building and a horse-drawn School bus filled with Children - Cowan School alumni gathering, 1938 - Photo with caption - [Album of Yesteryear, Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2689.pdf - 16 May 1976 - New Elementary School Dedication - Muncie Evening Press, 15 May 1976, page 4 - "Cowan Elementary School Dedication Sunday" - Doc4924.pdf - Dedication Booklet, 16 May 1976 - Doc2691.pdf - Yearbooks (Free): https://library.biblioboard.com/anthology-collection/d83968d3-3014-47e0-a1c8-73a521378d82/19e0d2db-5317-4ecc-9ebd-d36c4c928a30 |
Sources: [S2 page 176] - [S3 page 920] - [S4 page 36] - [S5] - [S6 pages 3, 22] - [S7 page 226] - [S9 page 30] - [S14 pages 96, 97] - |
Founded by Charles McCowan - Referred
to as McCowans - [S2, p 101] Charles McCowan Biography - [S15, 265] |
Laid out in 1869 by several men including Charles McCowen, for whom it was named. A variant spelling was Cowen. [Indiana Place Names, by Ronald L. Baker, page 35] |
Cowan Article [Our Neighborhood, by Ruth Hillman - Muncie Star, 7 and 9 June 1988] - Doc2681.pdf |
Cowan Telephone Exchange
- Juanita Bowen Operator - Photo of Juanita at the switchboard in her home - [Album of Yesteryear - Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2682.pdf Telephone Office Located 2nd house east of King's Smorgasbord on south side of street - [S8] Used to be housed in what is now King's Smorgasbord - [Our Neighborhood, by Ruth Hillman - Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2686.pdf |
Cowan Christian Church: "Cowan Church sets a Record: 98th Anniversary Service Draws 196", by Ed Satterfield - [Muncie Star, 28 Nov 1991] - Doc2683.pdf |
Thomas Roscoe Fuson Photo and caption - [Album of Yesteryear, Muncie Star, nd - Section C, Page 12] - Doc2684.pdf |
Avis Carmichael Barefoot: [Our Neighborhood by Ruth Hillman, Muncie Star 22 July 1991] - Doc2685.pdf |
King's Smorgasboard,
Cowan: [Our Neighborhood, by Ruth Hillman - Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2686.pdf |
Improved Perfection Washer
Factory workers with caption - [Album of Yesteryear - Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2687.pdf |
"After the building of the railroad through the center of this township a station was establish about the center of the township and named McCowan's, which has come to be known best as Cowan. Charles McCowan, after whom it was named, was one of the early settlers of the township, and a man of remarkable industry, as a result of which he accumulated a competence, and at his death gave six thousand dollars for the building of a church and graded school building at McCowan's Station. Around these institutions a village community was formed, a post office was established, and within a few years there were tow stores, tow saw mills, a tile factory, and the usual interests of such a place." [S2, p 101] |
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S1 | Google Earth | |||
S2 | Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012. | |||
S3 |
Baker, J. David. The
Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2.
Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010. Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library |
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S4 |
Baker, J. David. The
Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche.
Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010. Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library |
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S5 | Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965 | |||
S6 | An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971, Bk1849. | |||
S7 | United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875, Bk1548. | |||
S8 | Interview with Thomas Potts, 1984. | |||
S9 | National Zip Code Directory. Zip Code Publishing Co., Inc, 1967. | |||
S10 | Map: Delaware County, Indiana,
1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago,
1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago
Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-#
Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg Detail: Cowan - Pleasant Hill, Monroe Township |
Ph9386-035.jpg |
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S11 | WikiPedia Article | |||
S12 | Map: Asher, Adams &
Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple
counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and
others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David
Rumsey Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No#
Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg Map Detail: Monroe Township, Delaware County |
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S13 | Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642 | |||
S14 | Book: Lasley, Norma and the Delaware County Historical Society (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana). Images of America: Delaware County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2012. Bk3725 | |||
S15 | Helm, T. B. (Thomas B). History of Delaware County, Indiana: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Kingman Brothers, 1881 (Reprint, 1976), Bk1595 | |||
S16 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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S17 | "Remember When", Cowan - DCHS Newsletter, July/Aug 2019, page 4 | |||
S18 | Cowan Directory: (1921-22 Muncie City Directory), Page 874 | |||
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