Balgowan, an estate, with a mansion and a railway station, in the SW of Methven parish, Perthshire, on the Perth and Crieff railway, 2 miles WSW of Methven village. The mansion is the seat of Maitland Thomson, Esq. (b. 1847; suc. 1879), owner of 2953 acres, valued at £3877 per annum. A public school here, with accommodation for 84 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 52, and a grant of £44,3s.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)