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Welcome to Bow Valley ...

Bow Valley is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bow Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Bow Valley: Bow Vly. (or less commonly used: Bow Vally. or Bow Vlly.)

Bow Valley is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Bow Valley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bow Valley ...

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

Adding Bow Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bow Valley post office opened in 1871. The Bow Valley post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bow Valley.

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 - 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 area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Bow Valley 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/