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BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS

East Texas

33° 27' 0" N, 94° 25' 12" W (33.45, -94.42)

Population: 92,893 (2020)
92,565 (2010) 89,306 (2000) 81,665 (1990)

Total area: 923 square miles (2,390 km2)
885 square miles (2,290 km2) land
38 square miles (98 km2) water

Bowie County Topics

  • History
  • Town List
  • Vintage Maps
  • Bowie County TX

    Contiguous Counties:
    McCurtain County, Oklahoma (NW) Little River County, Arkansas (N Miller County, Arkansas (E) Cass County (S) Morris County (SW) Red River County (W)



    Bowie County History

    1936 Texas Centennial Marker :

    BOWIE COUNTY

    Original text (1936):
    In 1836 a part of Red River County.
    Created December 17, 1840; organized February 1, 1841.
    Named in honor of James Bowie, 1785-1836; member of Long's Expedition, defender of Texas liberty, a martyr of the Alamo.
    Old Boston, 1841, Texarkana and New Boston have served as county seat.

    Replacement text (1971):
    Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836-- when he died in defense of the Alamo.
    Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for Anglo-American settlement, this was Red River County land when Texas Republic was founded in 1836.
    Bowie County was created Dec. 18, 1840; organized Feb. 1, 1841.
    County seats: DeKalb, Old Boston, Texarkana, and Boston.
    Forceful citizens joined in beginning railroad construction in 1857.
    Economy is based on agriculture, lumber, manufacturing.
    Erected by the State of Texas - 1971


    Bowie County Courthouse
    Texas - Bowie County Courthouse
    Bowie County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson


    Bowie County Town List

    Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

    County Seat - Boston

  • Bassett
  • Beaver Dam
  • Boston County Seat
  • College Hill
  • Dalby Springs ghost town
  • DeKalb
  • Eylau ghost town
  • Hodgson
  • Hooks
  • Hubbard
  • Leary
  • Malta
  • Maud
  • Nash
  • New Boston
  • Oak Grove
  • Old Boston
  • Old Salem
  • Pine Springs
  • Poer
  • Red Bank
  • Redwater
  • Texarkana
  • Victory City
  • Wake Village
  • Wamba



  • Bowie County Vintage Maps

    TX - Bowie County 1882 map
    Bowie County 1882 map
    From Texas state map #2134
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office


    Bowie County Texas 1907 Postal map
    Bowie County 1907 postal map
    From Texas state map #2090
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office


    TX Bowie County 1920s Map
    Bowie County 1920s map
    From Texas state map #10749
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office


    TX Bowie County 1940s Map
    Bowie County 1940s map
    From Texas state map #4335
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office




    Bowie County
    1936 Texas Centennial Marker
    On Bowie County Courthouse grounds

    Bowie  County  1936 Texas Centennial Marker
    Bowie County 1936 Texas Centennial marker plaque
    Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009


     Bowie  County  1936 Texas Centennial Marker
    Bowie County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
    Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009
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