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Bowers is a census-designated place[4] in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Bowers is located near the borough of Lyons and is on Sacony Creek, a tributary of the Maiden Creek. As of the 2020 census, the population was 355 residents.[5] Although Bowers has its own post office with the ZIP code of 19511, some residents are served by the Mertztown post office with the ZIP code of 19539. [1]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020355—
U.S. Decennial Census[6][2]

History

Bowers was founded in 1860, the same year the railroad was extended to Bowers. The community was named for the local Bower family.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bowers". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "2010 Census". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. ^ https://www.census.gov/# [not specific enough to verify]
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowers,_Pennsylvania