Rowland may refer to:
Places
United States
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Rowland Heights, California
Rowland Heights is an unincorporated area in and below the Puente Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 48,231 at the 2020 census. Rowland Heights is in the Los Angeles metrop ...
, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County
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Rowland, Kentucky Rowland is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Uppe ...
, an unincorporated community
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Rowland Township, Michigan
Ransom Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,012 at the 2020 census.
Communities
*Ransom is an unincorporated community within the township at .
Geography
According to the United S ...
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Rowland, Missouri
Rowland is an unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri, Cedar County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
History
A post office called Rowland was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1906. The community has the name of R. P. ...
, an unincorporated community
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Rowland Township, North Carolina
Rowland is a town in Rowland Township, Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,037 at the 2010 census.
History
The congregation of the Ashpole Presbyterian Church was founded in the eventual bounds of the community ...
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Rowland, North Carolina
Rowland is a town in Rowland Township, Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,037 at the 2010 census.
History
The congregation of the Ashpole Presbyterian Church was founded in the eventual bounds of the community i ...
, a town
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Rowland, Nevada
Rowland is a ghost town in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Description
The site of the former community is located along the Bruneau River in Bruneau Canyon in what is now the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.
History
Rowland was ...
, a ghost town
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Rowland, Oregon Rowland is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
History
Rowland was formerly a station on the now-abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad East Side Line, beginning in the 1880s as an Oregonian Railway
The Oregonian Railway was a ...
, a ghost town
Elsewhere
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Rowland, Derbyshire
Rowland is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. It is near the larger village of Great Longstone (where the population is included). Rowland lies within the chapelry of Baslow. Rowland ...
, England, a village and civil parish
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Rowland (crater)
Rowland is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon, on the far side from the Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large vol ...
, on the Moon
People
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Rowland (given name)
Rowland is an English male given name. It is a medieval variation of Roland.
Notable people with the given name "Rowland" include
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*Rowland Abiodun (born 1941), Nigerian-Canadian historian
*Rowland K. Adams (1889–1944), American judge
* Rowl ...
, people so named
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Rowland (surname)
Rowland is an English surname.
Notable people with the surname "Rowland" include
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*Adele Rowland (1883–1971), American actress
*Albert Rowland (1885–1918), New Zealand race walker
*Alf Rowland (1920–1997), English footballer
*Alfred Row ...
, people so named
Other
*The title character of
Childe Rowland
Childe Rowland is a fairy tale, the most popular version written by Joseph Jacobs in his ''English Fairy Tales'', published in 1890, based on an earlier version published in 1814 by Robert Jamieson. Jamieson's was repeating a "Scottish ballad", ...
, a fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs, based on a Scottish ballad
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Rowland Institute for Science
The Rowland Institute for Science was founded by Edwin H. Land, founder of Polaroid Corporation, as a nonprofit, privately endowed basic research organization in 1980. The institute merged with Harvard University on July 1, 2002, and is now called ...
, now part of Harvard University
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Rowland Theater
The Rowland Theater (alternately spelled Theatre), located at 127 North Front Street, Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, is an historic single screen movie theater, built in 1917 by Charles Hedding Rowland. The theater is own ...
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
See also
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Rowland House (disambiguation) Rowland House may refer to:
*John A. Rowland House
John A. Rowland House in the City of Industry, California was built in 1855. It was the home of pioneer John A. Rowland, of the Workman-Rowland party, co-leader of the first American band of set ...
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Rowland Park (disambiguation) Rowland Park may refer to:
* Rowland Park (New Jersey)
* Rowland Park (New South Wales)
See also
* Roland Park, Baltimore
Roland Park is a community located in Baltimore, Maryland. It was developed between 1890 and 1920 as an upper-class street ...
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Roland (disambiguation)
Roland (died 778) was a Frankish military leader in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem ''The Song of Roland''.
Roland may also refer to:
Places
* Rural Municipality of Roland, Manitoba Canada
** Roland, Manitoba, a village
* Rol ...
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Rowlands
Rowlands is a surname, and may refer to:
* Clive Rowlands
* David Rowlands (disambiguation)
* Gena Rowlands
* Graham Rowlands
* Hugh Rowlands
* Jim Rowlands
* John Rowlands (disambiguation), several persons
* June Rowlands
* Keith Rowlands
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*Rowlan
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