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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 |
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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
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County Seat - Boston |
Bowie County
Vintage Maps
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Bowie County
1882 map
From Texas state map #2134
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bowie County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bowie County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bowie County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bowie County 1936 Texas Centennial marker plaque
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2009 |
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