Gowanstown

Gowanstown
Town
Coordinates: 43°46′21″N 80°55′15″W / 43.77250°N 80.92083°W / 43.77250; -80.92083Coordinates: 43°46′21″N 80°55′15″W / 43.77250°N 80.92083°W / 43.77250; -80.92083
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Perth
Township	North Perth
Government
• Type	Municipality of North Perth
Elevation	391 m (1,283 ft)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	519

Gowanstown is a community in Southwestern Ontario. It is a part of the town of North Perth in Perth County. It is located around the intersection of Perth Road 164 and Perth Line 88

The population of Gowanstown is approximately 200. Gowanstown contains a public school and municipal building. A bakery also selling coffee, on-farm corn sales and an ice cream shop which is now a Car Dealership are amongst retailers in the community.

The Gowanstown post office, situated within the municipal building, serves also as a social hub for the community.

History

In the 1970s and 1980s a General Store was located in the same building as the current Post Office but due to the close location of larger towns, like Listowel and Palmerston it closed.

The most well-known resident of Gowanstown is Ann Voskamp, author of One Thousand Gifts, a Christian book dealing with being thankful for small treasures. The book is very popular among Christian readers, and has received national media attention in the United States.

References

Communities in Perth County

Independent	Stratford St. Marys

North Perth	Atwood Britton Donegal Gowanstown Kurtzville Listowel Monkton Newry Teviotdale Trowbridge Wallace

Perth East	Amulree Brunner Carthage Dorking Hesson Kinkora Milverton Millbank Newton Nithburg Gads Hill Poole Rostock Sebastopol Shakespeare Topping Wartburg

Perth South	Anderson Avonbank Avonton Conroy Flannigan Corners Harmony Kirkton Rannoch Sebringville St. Paul's Woodham

West Perth	Bornholm Brodhagen Carlingford Cromarty Dublin Fullarton Mitchell Russeldale St. Columban Staffa

Roads	Perth County Roads

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