Bowden, Oklahoma

Bowden
Unincorporated community
Bowden
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Bowden
Bowden (the US)
Coordinates: 36°03′46″N 96°05′14″W / 36.06278°N 96.08722°W / 36.06278; -96.08722Coordinates: 36°03′46″N 96°05′14″W / 36.06278°N 96.08722°W / 36.06278; -96.08722
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Creek
Elevation 774 ft (236 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 1090424

Bowden is an unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.[1] A post office operated in Bowden from June 9, 1909 to November 1, 1957.[2] It is located four miles north of Sapulpa.[2] The community was named after Sapulpa merchant Rollandus A. Bowden.[2] It was formerly known as Taneha.[3] It developed as a boom town after the discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Field.[3] but today is a small town by Oklahoma standard's with around 225 people and is bisected by 433rd west ave and west 41st South road.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowden, Oklahoma
  2. 1 2 3 Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2nd ed., 1987, p.29.
  3. 1 2 Weaver, Bobby D. "Glenn Pool Field" Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed February 15, 2016.


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