Do you know of Bowen ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bowen. 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 Bowen.
We found mention of Bowen as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Kent County, Michigan.
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 Bowen ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Bowen.
Within Michigan, the name Bowen is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bowen [Marshall County].
- Arkansas
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bowen [Pike County].
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bowen [Las Animas County].
- Rio Grande 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 Colorado community of Bowen [Rio Grande County].
- Georgia
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bowen [Liberty County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bowen [Hancock County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Powell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bowen [Powell County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bowen [Henry County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bowen [Washington County].
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bowen [Dona Ana County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bowen [Cattaraugus County].
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bowen [Lucas County].
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bowen [Grainger County].
- West Virginia
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bowen [Wayne County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bowen ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bowen:
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bowen - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Bowen.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/09740 (Place Name: Bowen)
County: Kent (FIPS State/County: 26/081)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Bowen) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Kent 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 Kent County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bowen 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. |