Official Name: | Owens, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Owens |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brown |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1470 |
Coordinates: | 31.8481°N -98.9258°W |
Area Code: | 325 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378814 |
Owens is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had no population estimates in 2000. It is located within the Brownwood, Texas micropolitan area.
Owens was first settled in the early 1870s; the residents established a post office in 1878. The last population figures, from 1965, placed the town's population at sixty.[1]
Owens is located on U.S. Highway 183 and Farm to Market Road 3100, 8miles north of Brownwood in central Brown County.[1]
Owens had its own school in the 1930s.[1] Today, the community is served by the May Independent School District.