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Welcome to Bowersville ...

Bowersville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Bowersville is 1,820 feet [555 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bowersville: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Bowersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Bowersville - they are located in Georgia, Ohio, Oregon and Virginia.

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

Communities near Bowersville ...

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

  • DuBois
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • DuBois is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DuBois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DuBois <4>
  • Punxsutawney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Brookville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Northern Cambria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
  • Reynoldsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Barnesboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
  • Curwensville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Spangler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Spangler is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
  • Clymer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hastings
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowersville ...

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

Adding Bowersville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bowersville post office opened in 1903. The Bowersville post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowersville - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Bowersville 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/