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Rowan

Rowan County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of , in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,662.
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  • Type: County with 24,700 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Rowan County”, “Rowan County, Kentucky”, and “Rowan County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jayne Stadium and Allen Field.

Stadium
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, to be renamed Phil Simms Stadium on October 18, 2025, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in , United States. It opened in 1964 and is home to the Morehead State University Eagles football team.

Stadium
John "Sonny" is a baseball venue in , . It is home to the Morehead State Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference.

Arts center
The is a folk art museum administered by Morehead State University in , , . Its focus is not only to preserve and educate the public on visual Appalachian folk art but also to promote traditional Appalachian traditional music, storytelling, literature, dance, and crafts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morehead and Clearfield.

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is a small city at the foot of the . The 2020 census puts the population as 7151. It is the home of State University, one Kentucky's seven public universities.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Rowan County, , United States. The community is located along Kentucky Route 519 1.5 miles south of . has a with ZIP code 40313.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Rowan County, in the U.S. state of .

Rowan

Latitude
38.1823° or 38° 10′ 56″ north
Longitude
-83.4039° or 83° 24′ 14″ west
Population
24,700
Elevation
991 feet (302 metres)
Open location code
86CR5HJW+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958922
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4048572
Wiki­data ID
Q505510
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Rowan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rowan County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة روان”
  • Armenian: “Ռոուան շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Rowan”
  • Basque: “Rowan konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Rowan County”
  • Bishnupriya: “রোৱান কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “রোৱান কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Роуън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Rowan”
  • Cebuano: “Rowan County”
  • Chechen: “Роуэн (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Роуэн”
  • Chinese: “Rowan Kūn”
  • Chinese: “罗恩县”
  • Chinese: “羅恩縣”
  • Chinese: “羅恩郡”
  • Czech: “Rowan County”
  • Dutch: “Rowan County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Rowan”
  • Esperanto: “Rowan County”
  • Estonian: “Rowani maakond”
  • Finnish: “Rowanin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Rowan”
  • French: “Comté de Rowan”
  • French: “Rowan County”
  • Ganda: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Rowan County”
  • Georgian: “როუენის ოლქი”
  • German: “Rowan County”
  • Gilaki: “روآن ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “روآن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Ρόουαν”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ρόουαν”
  • Hungarian: “Rowan megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Rowan”
  • Italian: “contea di Rowan”
  • Italian: “Contea di Rowan”
  • Italian: “Rowan County”
  • Japanese: “ローワン郡”
  • Korean: “로완군”
  • Low German: “Rowan County”
  • Mazanderani: “روآن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Rowan Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rowan Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rowan County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rowan County”
  • Norwegian: “Rowan County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان روآن، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان روآن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان روون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Rowan”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Rowan”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Rowan”
  • Portuguese: “Rowan County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Rowan, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Rowan”
  • Russian: “Рауан”
  • Russian: “Роуэн”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Rowan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rowan County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Роуан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rowan County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Rowan”
  • Slovenian: “Rowan County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Rowan”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Rowan”
  • Spanish: “Rowan County”
  • Swedish: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Rowan County”
  • Tatar: “Роуэн (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Роуэн”
  • Tumbuka: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Rowan County”
  • Turkish: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Rowan County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Rowan County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Rowan County”
  • Turkish: “Rowan ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Rowan ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Rowan ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Rowan ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Rowan ili, Kentucky”
  • Ukrainian: “Роуен”
  • Urdu: “روون کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “روون کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Rowan”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Rowan, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Rowan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Rowan, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Rowan”
  • Welsh: “Rowan County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Rowan County”
  • Western Panjabi: “روان کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Western Panjabi: “روان کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bill Mahaney Recreation Complex and Rowan County Detention Center.

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