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History · Bowen Township

16% of Bowen Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bowen Township’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 Bowen Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Bowen Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bowen Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 67 to 51 (-24%).

Timeline

Bowen Township, 1883 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Millsburgh post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Millsburgh post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bowen Township on the map, 1962 to 1986

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

Bowen Township on the 1962 USGS mapBowen Township on the 1979 USGS mapBowen Township on the 1986 USGS map1962Gwinner sheet · 1:24,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Another post office, Millsburgh, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Whitestone Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarlem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForman1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDunbar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.