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Welcome to Bowerton ...

Bowerton is located in Copiah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowerton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Bowerton is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bowerton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bowerton: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Bowerton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowerton ...

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

Adding Bowerton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bowerton post office opened in 1884. The Bowerton post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowerton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Copiah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowerton - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowerton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Bowerton 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/