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Cowen is a town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 488 at the 2020 census.

Cowen town overview:
Name:	Cowen town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	West Virginia
County:	Webster County
Elevation:	2,270 ft (692 m)
Total Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Land Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	488
Population Density:	744.04/sq mi (287.17/km²)
ZIP code:	26206
Area code:	304
FIPS code:	5418412
GNISfeature ID:	1554208

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History

Cowen was named for a president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Camp Caesar was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

The West Virginia Baptist Camp is just outside Cowen, on the Williams River Road. It was established in 1943 and has been in continuous use each summer since then.