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Welcome to Bowens ...

Bowens is located in Calvert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowens, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Bowens is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bowens lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bowens: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Bowens ...

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

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

Communities near Bowens ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowens ...

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

Adding Bowens to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowens 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 Bowens was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bowens post office opened in 1887. The Bowens post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowens.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Calvert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowens - 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 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Bowens area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Bowens 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/