Rowena, Minnesota

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Rowena
Unincorporated community
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Rowena
Coordinates: 44°23′23″N95°09′08″W / 44.38972°N 95.15222°W / 44.38972; -95.15222
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Redwood
Elevation
1,070 ft (330 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID654918 [1]

Rowena is an unincorporated community in Redwood County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

Rowena was laid out in 1902. [2] The community was named after the character Lady Rowena from Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rowena, Minnesota
  2. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 120.
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  452.
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