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Welcome to Bowlers Wharf ...

Bowlers Wharf is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bowlers Wharf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

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

Area Codes for Bowlers Wharf: 804 & 686<2>

Communities near Bowlers Wharf ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowlers Wharf ...

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

Adding Bowlers Wharf to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bowlers Wharf in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bowlers Wharf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bowlers Wharf post office opened in 1876. The Bowlers Wharf post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowlers Wharf.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Bowlers Wharf area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Bowlers Wharf area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/