Cowan is a

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in Buffalo Township, Union County,

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, United States. Notable institutions in Cowan include

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's Forrest D. Brown Conference Center.

History

In the 1860s, Cowan was known as Farmersville. Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1871. Cowan was named after the Loyalist John Samuel Cowan who, in 1785, obtained a warrant for the land from the Proprietors of Pennsylvania.

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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Union County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania