Bowden, Oklahoma

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Bowden
Unincorporated community
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Bowden
Location within the state of Oklahoma
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Bowden
Bowden (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°03′46″N96°05′14″W / 36.06278°N 96.08722°W / 36.06278; -96.08722
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Creek
Elevation
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774 ft (236 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1090424 [1]

Bowden, originally known as Taneha, [2] is an unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is located four miles north of Sapulpa, [3] and is bisected by 433rd West Avenue and West 41st St. South. A post office operated in Bowden from June 9, 1909 to November 1, 1957. [3] The community was named after Sapulpa merchant Rollandus A. Bowden. [3] It developed as a boom town after the discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve. [2] but today is a small town with approximately 225 people.

References

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


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