Bowden
Bowden is a census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Bowden is located on U.S. Route 33, 7.5 miles east of Elkins. Bowden has a post office with ZIP code 26254.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 9 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Bowden, West Virginia” and “Bowden, WV”
- Postal code: 26254
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bickle Knob.
Bickle Knob
Peak
Photo: Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bickle Knob is a mountain summit located east of Elkins in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. Easily accessible during warm-weather months, Bickle Knob is also home to one of the few remaining observation towers in Monongahela National Forest. Bickle Knob is situated 2 miles northwest of Bowden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faulkner and Weese.
Faulkner
Hamlet
Faulkner is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Weese
Hamlet
Weese is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Weese is situated 1½ miles south of Bowden.
Alpena
Hamlet
Alpena is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Originally settled as Alpina, the village was located at the foothills of Shaver's Mountain and named after the Swiss Alps because the terrain reminded the settlers of their homeland. Alpena is situated 3 miles east of Bowden.
Bowden
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Randolph, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90872° or 38° 54′ 31″ northLongitude
-79.70978° or 79° 42′ 35″ westPopulation
9Elevation
2,215 feet (675 metres)Open location code
87C2W75R+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 158373933OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4799878Wikidata ID
Q4406734
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Ukrainian—“Bowden” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Бауден (Малхбузен Виргини)”
- Chechen: “Бауден”
- French: “Bowden”
- German: “Bowden”
- Gilaki: “باودن (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “باودن”
- Irish: “Bowden”
- Italian: “Bowden”
- Ladin: “Bowden”
- Persian: “بوودن، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “بوودن”
- Serbian: “Боден (Западна Вирџинија)”
- Serbian: “Боден”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bowden, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bowden”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوودن، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Bowden”
- Tatar: “Бауден (Көнбатыш Виргиния)”
- Tatar: “Бауден”
- Ukrainian: “Бауден”
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