Owen Brown, Columbia, Maryland

Owen Brown is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, USA, incorporated in 1972. Neighborhoods in the village include Dasher Green, Elkhorn and Hopewell. Owen Brown lies south and east of the Town Center.The village contains the 37acre Lake Elkhorn, with a walking path of two miles (3 km) and a picnic pavilion in the 23acre park.HistoryOwen Brown is named after John Brown's third son Owen, one of five guarding supplies at John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry who escaped capture and execution by fleeing south when he witnessed his father surrounded. Several associations cite the book, "Oh You Must Live Columbia! The origins of place names in Columbia, Maryland", which claims the village is named after the former postmaster of the store at Route 108 and Manor Road. The postal stop location is several miles away from Owen Brown village and is the site of the 1797 Porter's Tavern and Elioak Post office (1893–1922) owned by the "Owens" family.Lake Elkhorn is named for the Elkhorn branch of the Little Patuxent River; Elk Horn Farms was also the name of the Dasher farm. Street names are taken from the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar.Dasher Green is named for the 670-acre Dasher family farm purchased in May 1963 by one of the Rouse company land acquisition entities. The farm was systematically reduced in size from 1971 to 1978, with the last parcel sold for development in 1996. Street names are taken from the works of John Greenleaf Whittier.