Welcome to Fort Bowie ...
So far, we found very little information about Fort Bowie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fort Bowie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Bowie, please Contact Us.
Fort Bowie would have been located within present day Cochise County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Bowie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Bowie: Ft. Bowie
Time Zone: The area where Fort Bowie was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Fort Bowie, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.
The location where Fort Bowie once stood is in the (520) area code.
Communities near Fort Bowie ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Bowie.
- Dos Cabezas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
- Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
- Bowie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Bowie is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - San Simon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Simon
- San Simon is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Simon <3>
- Paradise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Paradise is located in Cochise County
- Sunizona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunizona
- Sunizona is located in Cochise County
- Portal
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Portal is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portal <3>
- Willcox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox
- Willcox is located in Cochise County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willcox <3>
- Steins ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
- Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Former name for Steins:
- Stein's Pass
- Pearce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Pearce is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearce <3>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fort Bowie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Bowie.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Bowie. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Bowie.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Bowie. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Bowie.
Adding Fort Bowie to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fort Bowie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Fort Bowie post office opened in 1880.
We also found Fort Bowie in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Bowie.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Bowie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |