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Do you know of Bowman ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bowman. 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 Bowman.

We found mention of Bowman as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Edgar County, Illinois.

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.

Communities Also Named Bowman ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Bowman.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Bowman.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Jersey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bowman [Jersey County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bowman [Chicot County].
      • Craighead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bowman [Craighead County].
    • California
      • Placer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bowman [Placer County].
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bowman [Gunnison County].
    • Georgia
      • Elbert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bowman [Elbert County].
    • Indiana
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bowman [Pike County].
    • Kentucky
      • Breathitt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bowman [Breathitt County].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bowman [Franklin County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tate County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bowman [Tate County].
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bowman [Cape Girardeau County].
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bowman [Harrison County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Bowman [Coos County].
    • North Dakota
      • Bowman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Bowman [Bowman County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bowman [Logan County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Carbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bowman [Carbon County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Bowman.
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bowman [Orangeburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bowman [Cumberland County].
    • Texas
      • Archer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bowman [Archer County].
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bowman [Roanoke County].
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bowman [Brooke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bowman ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bowman - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Edgar County ...

Can you help?

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 Edgar County.

Borton JunctionMay's Station
 Midland
Craig'sMidway
  
Embarrass PointNeely
  
FerrellPayne
Flemington 
 Scotland
GarnesSwango
Grover 
 Warrenton

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bowman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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