Bowen is an unincorporated community in Henry and Johnson counties, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community sits on the Henry-Johnson county line along the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. Windsor lies four miles to the southeast. Missouri Route 23 passes through the community and on to Whiteman Air Force Base ten miles to the north. The Middle Fork of Tebo Creek flows past to the west.[2]
History
editBowen was laid out in the early 1900s, and named after the local Bowen Coal Company.[3] A post office called Bowen was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1923.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowen, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First Edition 1998, p.35, ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Henry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
38°33′29″N 93°35′28″W / 38.55806°N 93.59111°W
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