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Bowers, Pennsylvania

United States

0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2)

0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2)

0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)

449 ft (137 m)

355

583.88/sq mi (225.53/km2)

UTC-4 (EDT)

19511 & 19539

42-07800

1170048[3]

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]

History[edit]

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