Cowans Ford, North Carolina

Cowans Ferry
(Davidson County)

Cowarts
(Jackson County)

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Cowans Ford ^<1> is primarily located in Lincoln County. A portion of Cowans Ford extends into Mecklenburg County.

Typical abbreviation for Cowans Ford: Cowans Frd.

Cowans Ford is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.^<2>

Time Zone: Cowans Ford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Cowans Ford, but it seems to be unique to this community.

While we we don't have population counts for Cowans Ford, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Cowans Ford).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
Belmont	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	9,374	7.69% increase
Charlotte	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	687,456	27.11% increase
Concord	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
Cornelius	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	24,487	104.59% increase
Gastonia	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	72,505	9.4% increase
Huntersville	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	44,054	76.5% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Cowans Ford.

The Commemorative
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North Carolina ^<5>

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Footnotes

<1>	Keep in mind that you might find some variations to Cowans Ford: It's frequently the practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Cowans Ford may originally have been Cowan's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether. In that case, you may find that a reference to Cowan Ford is actually referring to Cowans Ford. - Return to Citation
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cowans Ford - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Cowans Ford and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cowans Ford. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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