Rowena,_Minnesota

Rowena, Minnesota

Rowena, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

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

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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]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rowena, Minnesota
  2. [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. [3]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 452.


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