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Welcome to Bow Center ...

Bow Center is located in Merrimack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bow Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

A typical abbreviation for Bow Center: Bow Ctr. (or less commonly used: Bow Cen., Bow Cent. or Bow Cntr.)

Bow Center is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bow Center: 603

Communities near Bow Center ...

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

  • Manchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Concord
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Merrimack
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bedford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
    • Bedford is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,957 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <3>
  • Goffstown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goffstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffstown
    • Goffstown is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goffstown <3>
  • Hooksett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Amherst
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Amherst is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <3>
  • Raymond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,573 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <3>
  • Weare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
    • Weare is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <3>
  • Pembroke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pembroke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
    • Pembroke is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,252 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bow Center ...

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

Adding Bow Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bow Center 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 for Bow Center was on a map titled Road Map for New Hampshire and Vermont (from Shell Oil, 1956).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Merrimack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bow Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.