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Welcome to Bowling Green ...

Bowling Green is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowling Green, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Bowling Green: Bowling Grn.

Bowling Green is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bowling Green: 803 & 839<3>

The ZIP code for Bowling Green: 29710<4>

Communities Also Named Bowling Green ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Bowling Green - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Bowling Green ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bowling Green, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bowling Green ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowling Green ...

Looking for more information about Bowling Green? 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 Bowling Green, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bowling Green.

Adding Bowling Green to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Bowling Green post office opened in 1877.

We also found Bowling Green in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowling Green.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bowling Green - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowling Green area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Bowling Green area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Bowling Green). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Bowling Green or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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