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Welcome to Bowens Corners ...

Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowens Corners, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Bowens Corners: Bowens Cors.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Bowens Corners for more information about variations on the name of Bowens Corners.

Bowens Corners is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Bowens Corners ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bowens Corners - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Bowens Corners ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowens Corners ...

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

Adding Bowens Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowens Corners 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 Bowens Corners was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Bowens Corners on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowens 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 Bowens 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 Bowens Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Bowens 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.
<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.
<6>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.