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Welcome to Bowlesville ...

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

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

Bowlesville would have been located within present day Gallatin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowlesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bowlesville is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Bowlesville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Bowlesville was located: 618 & 730<4>

Communities Also Named Bowlesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bowlesville - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Bowlesville ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Eldorado
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Morganfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sturgis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sturgis is located in Union County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <5>
  • Shawneetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosiclare
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Uniontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Ridgway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Equality
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Haven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Bowlesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowlesville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bowlesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bowlesville post office opened in 1871. The Bowlesville post office closed in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowlesville.

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 Bowlesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Gallatin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowlesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowlesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Bowlesville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/