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Welcome to Bowie Junction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bowie Junction. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bowie Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bowie Junction, please Contact Us.


Bowie Junction would have been located within present day Cochise County<2>.


The location of Bowie Junction has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


A typical abbreviation for Bowie Junction: Bowie Jct. (or less commonly used: Bowie Jctn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bowie Junction is 4,040 feet [1,231 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Bowie Junction is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Bowie Junction was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Bowie Junction (for example, toward Lordsburg (NM)), 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.

If Bowie Junction still existed, it would have been in the (520) area code.

Communities near Bowie Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bowie Junction.

  • Willcox
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Dos Cabezas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
    • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
  • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
    • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
    • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
  • Artesia
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Artesia is located in Graham County
  • Cochise
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • San Simon
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Fort Grant
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
    • Fort Grant is located in Graham County

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

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

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

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 Bowie Junction, 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>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowie Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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