Owenton

Owenton is the former name for the community roughly coinciding with Birmingham's current Bush Hills neighborhood. It, along with Earle Place was situated on the land granted by the United States to the American Asylum for the Instruction and Education of the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1816, and sold by its agent, William Ely for cash.

Birmingham-Southern College was founded in the area as "Owenton College" in 1898. It was reached by the Owenton-Wylam streetcar line beginning in 1900. Other area landmarks included Owenton Technical School (now Bush Hills Academy) and Owenton Methodist Church (now McCoy United Methodist Church).