THE GOWEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Canadian Hills setting.
Gowen CDP has 3.53 square miles of land in Latimer County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Canadian Hills, within Arkansas Valley.
The Arkansas Valley mixes forested ridges with broader valleys. Its terrain is less rugged than the Boston and Ouachita mountains that border it, but more varied than neighboring plains.
Regional context: Arkansas Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gowen and Latimer County
Gowen is associated with Latimer County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Gowen by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Gowen, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Latimer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gowen CDP has 14.2 times the land area of nearby Adamson CDP (0.25 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

