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History · Bowersville

Bowersville’s post office opened in 1829, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 24 buildings. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1890.

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Quick answers

How Bowersville began

When was Bowersville founded?

1829

The Bowersville post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 275 in 18902020 census: 444197 years
Founding year: the first Bowersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bowersville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bowersville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1979. Watch Bowersville change.A historic districtThe Bowersville Historic District takes in 24 historic buildings.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Bowersville.
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Start Bowersville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bowersville’s history is told.

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On the map

Bowersville on the map, 1891 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bowersville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bowersville on the 1891 USGS mapBowersville on the 1959 USGS mapBowersville on the 1979 USGS map1891Carnesville sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bowersville.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 24 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts
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Bowersville Historic District
Bowersville Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Victorian Eclectic1
All 1 listings
Bowersville Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1985

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Bowersville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bowersville.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Bowersville as a town in 1883. The community was named after Job Bowers, a local postal official.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Bowersville, decade by decade

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People over time

Bowersville, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 465

Between 271 and 465 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bowersville’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Bowersville’s history

What year was Bowersville founded?

The Bowersville post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bowersville?

One place: the Bowersville Historic District (listed 1985).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.