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Cowen was named for a president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [5] [6] Camp Caesar was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [7] The West Virginia Baptist Camp is just outside Cowen, on the Williams River Road. [citation needed] It was established in 1943 and has been in continuous use each summer since then.
Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area is a protected area located in Webster County, West Virginia near the town of Cowen. The WMA is 388 acres (157 ha) [ 2 ] in size and is centered on Big Ditch Lake, a 55-acre (22 ha) man-made reservoir.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Webster became part of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. When the state was formed, each county was divided into multiple civil townships , with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, so in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts .
Camp Caesar, also known as the Webster County 4-H Camp, is a historic campsite located at Cowen, Webster County, West Virginia.It has 20 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 13 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects.
Webster County High School was opened in 1974, the result of the consolidation of Cowen High School and Webster Springs High School. Daniel Bean became the first principal of the new school, which was built on land acquired by eminent domain from Twyla M. Robinson, daughter of James B. Miller and Alice I. Williams.
Tolled interchange with I-64/I-77, intersection with WV 16; north end of WV 16 overlap; I-77 exit 48; access to I-64/I-77 via unsigned US 19 Alt. (Corridor L south) Begin US 19 overlap with limited access Corridor L 59.4: 95.6: Bradley: Interchange via connector road to WV 16: Fayette 59.8: 96.2: Mt. Hope: Interchange via connector road
View west along WV 82 at WV 20 in Cowen. West Virginia Route 82 is an east–west state highway in central West Virginia, USA. The western terminus of the route is at an interchange with U.S. Route 19 in Birch River. The eastern terminus is at West Virginia Route 20 outside Cowen.