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Welcome to Bovina ...

Bovina is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bovina, you might consider that their post office opened in 1821.

Bovina is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Bovina ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bovina - they are located in Colorado, Mississippi and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bovina.

Websites for Bovina ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bovina, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bovina ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bovina ...

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

Adding Bovina to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bovina 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 Bovina was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bovina post office opened in 1821. The Bovina post office closed in 1947.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bovina.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bovina - 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>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/