Cowan

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cowan is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cowan, IN from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

M

Macowin Tuttle

born Muncie, IN 1861-died Buck Hill Falls, PA 1935 (1861–1935)

D

Don Odle

American sports coach (1920–2002)

E

Elijah Nkansah

American football player (born 1994)

Maybelle Goodlander

American photographer

W

William Lee

American wrestler born 1951

M

Mildred Marsh Hawke Hodgson

American musician

M

Marcia K. Hartsock

democratic Party of Guam politician

Elfreda Louise Newport

American Universalist minister

S

Stephen Miller

American chemist

J

Josephine Cunnington Edwards

author

Elizabeth Smith

American Paralympic swimmer

J

Jerry Pierce

American clarinetist, saxophonist, teacher, writer, and avid collector

E

Eddie Faulkner

American football coach

S

Sammy Drummer

basketball player

T

Tom Harrold

basketball player

P

Pete Kuzma

college basketball player (1975–1977) Ball State

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Indiana

• Oakville
  1.8 mi away · pop. 205
• Muncie
  6.4 mi away · pop. 65,194
• Sulphur Springs
  8 mi away · pop. 454
• Blountsville
  8.6 mi away
• Middletown
  8.6 mi away · pop. 2,235
• Daleville
  8.8 mi away · pop. 1,584
• Chesterfield
  10.8 mi away · pop. 2,489
• Cadiz
  11.8 mi away
• Losantville
  12.3 mi away · pop. 238
• New Castle
  12.9 mi away · pop. 17,367
• Farmland
  15.1 mi away
• Anderson
  15.8 mi away · pop. 55,367

Browse all places in Indiana →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cowan

Prentice Hall Literature

Kevin Feldman · 2007

Muncie, Indiana, Streetmap

Universal Map · 1998

Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]

Kevin Feldman · 2007

Indiana Horror 2012

James Kirk · 2012

A statement respecting the Indiana & Illinois Central Railway Company, building an east and west air line of 152 miles between Indianapolis, Ind., and Decatur, Ill., showing the basis and security of its first mortgage 7 per cent. sinking fund gold bonds

Indiana and Illinois Central Railway Company · 1872

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

low smartweed

Persicaria longiseta

Seen 2026-09-21

Carolina Mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Seen 2026-09-20

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Seen 2026-09-20

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-19

Green Stink Bug

Chinavia hilaris

Seen 2026-09-19

northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Seen 2026-09-18

fortune's spindle

Euonymus fortunei

Seen 2026-09-17

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Seen 2026-09-17

North American Wheel Bug

Arilus cristatus

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).