Owens Station, Delaware

Owens, Delaware
Unincorporated community
Owens, Delaware
Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 75°31′34″W / 38.80556°N 75.52611°W / 38.80556; -75.52611Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 75°31′34″W / 38.80556°N 75.52611°W / 38.80556; -75.52611
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Sussex
Elevation	52 ft (16 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	302
GNIS feature ID	216172[1]

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

It 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 towns 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] One of the more notable properties still referencing the former rail community is the Owens Station Hunting Preserve.^[4]

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

References

Municipalities and communities of Sussex County, Delaware, United States County seat: Georgetown Cities Lewes Milford‡ Rehoboth Beach Seaford Towns Bethany Beach Bethel Blades Bridgeville Dagsboro Delmar Dewey Beach Ellendale Fenwick Island Frankford Georgetown Greenwood Henlopen Acres Laurel Millsboro Millville Milton Ocean View Selbyville Slaughter Beach South Bethany CDP Long Neck Unincorporated communities Adams Crossroads Angola Argo's Corner Atlanta Bacons Bayard Belltown Blackwater Beach Broad Creek Broadkill Beach Bryans Store Bunting Cannon Carpenters Corner Cave Colony Cedar Beach Cedar Creek Clarksons Crossroads Clarksville Cocked Hat Concord Cool Spring Coverdale Crossroads Cross Keys Fairmount Federalsburg Five Points Flea Hill Fowler Beach Gravel Hill Green Hill Gum Crossroads Gumboro Harbeson Hardscrabble Hearns Crossroads Holiday Acres Hollymount Hollyville Israel Haul Jefferson Crossroads Jimtown Johnson Knowles Crossroads Lake Pines Lincoln Lowe Marshtown Massey Landing McDonalds Crossroads Middleford Middlesex Beach Midnight Thicket Midway Mission Morris Mill Mount Joy Nassau Oakley Oak Orchard Old Furnace Omar Owens Packing House Corner Pepperbox Phillips Hill Pinetown Piney Grove Piney Grove Manor Portsville Pusey Crossroads Quakertown Redden Reliance Riverview Roxana Saulsbury Switch Scotts Corner Shaft Ox Corner Shortly Springfield Crossroads Stockley Trinity Tussock Pond Ward Warwick Westwoods Whaleys Corners Whaleys Crossroads Whitesville Williamsville Wood Branch Woodland Heights Zoar Hundreds Baltimore Broad Creek Broadkill Cedar Creek Dagsboro Georgetown Gumboro Indian River Lewes & Rehoboth Little Creek Nanticoke Northwest Fork Seaford Ghost towns Owens Station Saint Johnstown Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties