Welcome to Oak Bowery ...

Oak Bowery is located in Chambers County<1>.

Oak Bowery was established in 1828.

Oak Bowery is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Bowery lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Oak Bowery (for example, toward Mountain Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Oak Bowery: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Bowery ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Bowery.

Communities near Oak Bowery ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Bowery.

Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Auburn is located in Lee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,343 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <4>
Opelika
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Opelika is located in Lee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,135 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opelika <4>
Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Valley is located in Chambers County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,077 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <4>
Lanett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanett is located in Chambers County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,054 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanett <4>
West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <4>
Dadeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dadeville is located in Tallapoosa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,007 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dadeville <4>
LaFayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Chambers County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <4>
Camp Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Camp Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
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Notasulga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Notasulga is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notasulga <4>
Loachapoka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loachapoka is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loachapoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loachapoka <4>

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 Oak Bowery. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Bowery.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Bowery. 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 Oak Bowery.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Bowery. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Bowery.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Bowery ...

Looking for more information about Oak Bowery? 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 Oak Bowery, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Bowery.

Adding Oak Bowery to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Bowery 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 (so far) for Oak Bowery was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oak Bowery post office opened in 1837. The Oak Bowery post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Bowery.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Chambers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Bowery - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Bowery area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Bowery area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/