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Welcome to Bowmansville ...

Bowmansville is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowmansville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

Bowmansville is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bowmansville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Bowmansville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bowmansville - they are located in Missouri (2) and New York.

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

Communities near Bowmansville ...

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

  • Reading
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pottstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ephrata
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Coatesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyomissing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <4>
  • Lititz
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • New Holland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shillington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Birdsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowmansville ...

Looking for more information about Bowmansville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bowmansville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bowmansville.

Adding Bowmansville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowmansville 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 Bowmansville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bowmansville post office opened in 1837.

We also found Bowmansville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowmansville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowmansville - 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 Bowmansville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Bowmansville 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/