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Welcome to Port Bowkley ...Port Bowkley is located in Luzerne County<1>. The location of Port Bowkley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Bowkley, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Port Bowkley: Prt. Bowkley Port Bowkley is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Port Bowkley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Port Bowkley: (570) Communities near Port Bowkley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Bowkley.
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 Port Bowkley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Bowkley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Bowkley. 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 Port Bowkley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Bowkley. See our Newspapers Page for Port Bowkley. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Bowkley ...Looking for more information about Port Bowkley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Port Bowkley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Bowkley. Adding Port Bowkley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Bowkley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Port Bowkley was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Port Bowkley on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Bowkley. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Bowkley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/ The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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