Welcome to Bowers ...

Bowers is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Bowers is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowers, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Time Zone: Bowers lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bowers: 936

Communities Also Named Bowers ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Bowers: This one is located in Polk County and the other is located in Milam County.

Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named Bowers - they are located in Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Bowers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowers 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 for Bowers was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Bowers in the book titled .<2> X3X - From that list, the Bowers post office opened in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowers.