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History · Bowmans Crossing

Half of Bowmans Crossing’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Bowmans Crossing was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bowmans Crossing’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 Bowmans Crossing are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bowmans Crossing, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19236 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1994. Watch Bowmans Crossing change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bowmans Crossing’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Red Banks
1840–1847
Bowmans
1890–1938
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Red Banks

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

On the map

Bowmans Crossing on the map, 1923 to 1994

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

Bowmans Crossing on the 1923 USGS mapBowmans Crossing on the 1947 USGS mapBowmans Crossing on the 1951 USGS mapBowmans Crossing on the 1966 USGS mapBowmans Crossing on the 1978 USGS mapBowmans Crossing on the 1994 USGS map1923Edinburg sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Bowmans Crossing, in brief

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

Bowmans Crossing is a CDP in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bowmans Crossing, 1840 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Red Banks post office opens
  3. 1847Post officeThe Red Banks post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Bowmans post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1938Post officeThe Bowmans post office closes
By decade

Bowmans Crossing, decade by decade

Today2 recent
2019-06-06 16 46 42 View north along Interstate 81 at Exit 277 (Virginia State Route 614, Bowmans Crossing) in20192019-06-06 16 46 42 View north along Interstate 81 at…I 81 Interstate 81 - Virginia2013I 81 Interstate 81 - Virginia
Famous people

Famous people close to Bowmans Crossing

Nobody well known was born in Bowmans Crossing itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Edward AlmondUnited States Army general · b. 1892
Bernadotte Everly SchmittAmerican historian · b. 1886
Harrison H. RiddlebergerAmerican politician · b. 1844
Thomas JordanConfederate Army general · b. 1819
Wade H. HaislipUnited States Army general · b. 1889
William Alexander HarrisAmerican politician · b. 1841

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.