Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bowie, TX: what to set up and who to call
Bowie runs its own electric utility, City of Bowie. Bowie has a train station, Fort Worth and Denver City Depot.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bowie, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bowie.
Power comes from City of Bowie
City of Bowie (City of Bowie - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves 94.5% of Bowie residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Bowie water system
The City of Bowie water system supplies almost all of Bowie. It draws surface water and serves 5,534 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s higher than 59% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX1690001.
6 home internet providers serve Bowie
100% of 2,630 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comcell | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Vyve Broadband | Cable | 97% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 32% | 100/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 94% | 25/5 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 90% | 1,000/500 |
| AMA TechTel Communications | Fixed wireless | 11% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Bowie’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bowie.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bowie is in Bowie Independent School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bowie is in ZIP code 76230
ZIP codes where Bowie residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bowie | ZIP’s residents in Bowie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76230 | Bowie, TX | 100% | 55% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bowie
Who supplies Bowie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Bowie water system (EPA ID TX1690001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bowie?
City of Bowie (City of Bowie - (TX)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Bowie?
Comcell, Vyve Broadband, AT&T, Rise Broadband, Nextlink, AMA TechTel Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bowie?
76230. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bowie in?
Bowie Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Bowie?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Montague County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.