Owen

Owen County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of . Its county seat is . The county is named for Colonel Abraham Owen.
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  • Type: county of Kentucky with 11,300 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: Owen County”, “Owen County, Kentucky”, and “Owen County, KY

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elmer Davis Lake.

River
is a 149-acre in Owen County, Kentucky. It was created in 1958 by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and was named for a former commissioner of that department. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Owen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Owenton.

Town
is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Owen County, , United States. The population was 1,327 at the 2010 census. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 127 and Kentucky Route 22, about halfway between and .

Owen

Latitude
38.5196° or 38° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
-84.8281° or 84° 49′ 41″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
823 feet (251 metres)
Open location code
86CQG59C+VQ
Geo­Names ID
4303402
Wiki­data ID
Q496771
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Owen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Owen County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة أوين
  • Arabic: مقاطعه أوين، كنتاكي
  • Armenian: Օուեն շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu d’Owen
  • Basque: Owen konderria
  • Bavarian: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Bavarian: Owen County
  • Bishnupriya: ৱেন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি
  • Bishnupriya: ৱেন কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Оуен
  • Catalan: comtat d’Owen
  • Cebuano: Owen County
  • Chechen: Оуэн (гуо, Кентукки)
  • Chechen: Оуэн
  • Chinese: Owen Kūn
  • Chinese: 欧文县
  • Chinese: 歐文縣
  • Chinese: 歐文郡
  • Dutch: Owen County
  • Esperanto: kantono Owen
  • Esperanto: Owen County
  • Estonian: Oweni maakond
  • Finnish: Owenin piirikunta
  • French: comté d’Owen
  • French: Comté d’Owen
  • French: Owen County
  • Ganda: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Ganda: Owen County
  • Georgian: ოუენის ოლქი
  • German: Owen County
  • Gilaki: اوون ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)
  • Gilaki: اوون ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Όουεν
  • Greek: Κομητεία Όουεν
  • Hungarian: Owen megye
  • Irish: Contae Owen
  • Italian: contea di Owen
  • Italian: Contea di Owen
  • Italian: Owen County
  • Japanese: オーウェン郡
  • Japanese: オーエン郡
  • Korean: 오언군
  • Low German: Owen County
  • Mazanderani: اوون شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Owen Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Owen Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Owen County i Kentucky
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Owen County
  • Norwegian: Owen County
  • Persian: شهرستان اوون، کنتاکی
  • Persian: شهرستان اوون
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Owen
  • Portuguese: condado de Owen
  • Portuguese: Condado de Owen
  • Portuguese: Owen County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Owen, Kentucky
  • Romanian: Comitatul Owen
  • Russian: Оуэн
  • Sardinian: contea de Owen
  • Scottish Gaelic: Owen County
  • Serbian: Округ Овен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Serbo-Croatian: Owen County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Owen
  • Slovenian: Owen County
  • Spanish: condado de Owen
  • Spanish: Condado de Owen
  • Spanish: Owen County
  • Swedish: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Swedish: Owen County
  • Tatar: Оуэн (округ, Кентуки)
  • Tatar: Оуэн
  • Tumbuka: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Tumbuka: Owen County
  • Turkish: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Turkish: Owen County, Ky.
  • Turkish: Owen County, KY
  • Turkish: Owen County
  • Turkish: Owen ilçesi, Kentucky
  • Turkish: Owen ilçesi, Ky.
  • Turkish: Owen ilçesi, KY
  • Turkish: Owen ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Оуен
  • Urdu: اوون کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی
  • Urdu: اوون کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Owen
  • Vietnamese: Quận Owen, Kentucky
  • Vietnamese: Quận Owen
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Owen, Kentucky
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Owen
  • Welsh: Owen County, Kentucky
  • Welsh: Owen County
  • Western Panjabi: اوون کاؤنٹی

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forsee Cemetery and Owen County Memorial Hospital Heliport.

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