Owens Station, Delaware

Owens Station, Delaware was a community in Delaware, U.S.A.^[2]

Owens, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 75°31′34″W
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	52 ft (16 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	216172[1]

History

Owens in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1902

Owens station was a stop on the now defunct Queen Anne's Railroad line between Ellendale and Greenwood. After the railroad closed down and the tracks were removed, all property owned by the railroad was returned to its previous landowners and several small communities built around the stops disappeared. Some houses still exist from the town, at the intersection of Beach Highway and Owens Rd, but most of the former town has disappeared.^[3]

The Owens Station Hunting Preserve takes its name from the former rail community.^[4]

The remains of the settlement, now called simply Owens, is an unincorporated community located on Delaware Route 16 east of Greenwood.

Owens' population was 18 in 1900,^[5] and was 62 in 1925.^[6]