Gowen, OK

Gowen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Latimer County, Oklahoma, United States. The community is located to the south of U.S. Route 270 and 10 miles west-southwest of Wilburton. The post office at Gowen, Indian Territory opened on January 13, 1894. Gowen's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oklahoma setting. The local scoop is how Gowen's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The community was named for lawyer Francis I.