RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Adams County >> BowlderIndex...

Welcome to Bowlder ...

Bowlder is located in Adams County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowlder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Bowlder is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bowlder: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Bowlder ...

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

  • York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Carlisle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hanover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Gettysburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West York
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Littlestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • McSherrystown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dillsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • North York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • North York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowlder ...

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

Adding Bowlder to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowlder in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bowlder was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bowlder post office opened in 1894. The Bowlder post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowlder.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowlder - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowlder area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Bowlder 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/