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Welcome to Bowen Corners ...

Bowen Corners is located in Oswego County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bowen Corners: Bowen Cors.

Bowen Corners is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bowen Corners: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Bowen Corners ...

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

  • Syracuse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Oswego
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Baldwinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • North Syracuse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Solvay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • East Syracuse
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
  • Liverpool
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowen Corners ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowen Corners - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowen Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Bowen Corners 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.