Cowan is a populated place in Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2][3] Notable institutions in Cowan include Bucknell University's Forrest D. Brown Conference Center.[4]
In the 1860s, Cowan was known as Farmersville.[5] Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1871.[6] Cowan was named after the Loyalist John Samuel Cowan who, in 1785, obtained a warrant for the land from the Proprietors of Pennsylvania.[7]