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Welcome to Bow Valley Mills ...

Bow Valley Mills is located in Cedar County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bow Valley Mills: Bow Vly. Mls. (or less commonly used: Bow Vly. Mlls.)

Bow Valley Mills is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bow Valley Mills: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Bow Valley Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bow Valley Mills.

  • Yankton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankton is located in Yankton County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,651 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yankton <4>
  • Vermillion
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hartington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Crofton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coleridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gayville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Newcastle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakonda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Meckling
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Westreville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Westreville is located in Clay County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westreville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 208 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bow Valley Mills ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cedar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bow Valley Mills - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Bow Valley Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Bow Valley Mills 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.