Do you know of Bowie ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bowie. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bowie.

Our sources for Bowie (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bowie other than they indicate that Bowie would be found somewhere in Desha County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1879.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Bowie ...

We found eight communities that share the name Bowie.

Within Arkansas, the name Bowie is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arizona
    • Cochise County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bowie [Cochise County].
  • Colorado
    • Delta County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bowie [Delta County].
  • Louisiana
    • East Carroll Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bowie [East Carroll Parish].
    • Lafourche Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bowie [Lafourche Parish].
  • Maryland
    • Prince George's County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bowie [Prince George's County].
  • Mississippi
    • Forrest County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bowie [Forrest County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Mercer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bowie [Mercer County].
  • Texas
    • Montague County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bowie [Montague County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bowie ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bowie:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in  Desha County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Desha County.