Bowentown, New Jersey

Bowentown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Bowentown Location within Cumberland County. Inset: Location of Cumberland County within New Jersey.
Coordinates: 39°25′28″N 75°16′25″W / 39.42444°N 75.27361°W / 39.42444; -75.27361Coordinates: 39°25′28″N 75°16′25″W / 39.42444°N 75.27361°W / 39.42444; -75.27361
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cumberland
Township	Hopewell
Named for	Bowen family
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	874868^[1]

Bowentown is an unincorporated community located within Hopewell Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.^[2] Located west of Bridgeton, Bowentown got its name from the Bowen family, one of Hopewell Township's first settlers.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowentown, New Jersey
↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.
↑ Charles Harrison (2013). Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. The History Press. ISBN 1609497767. Retrieved August 20, 2013.

Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Bridgeton

Cities	Bridgeton Millville Vineland

Borough	Shiloh

Townships	Commercial Deerfield Downe Fairfield Greenwich Hopewell Lawrence Maurice River Stow Creek Upper Deerfield

CDPs	Cedarville Fairton Laurel Lake Port Norris Rosenhayn Seabrook Farms

Other unincorporated communities	Bowentown Buckshutem Cohansey Cumberland Deerfield Delmont Dividing Creek Dorchester Dragston Fortescue Garrison Corner Haleyville Hesstown Jericho Kernan Corner Leesburg Manumuskin Marlboro Mauricetown Newport North Port Norris Port Elizabeth Roadstown Sea Breeze Seabrook Springtown

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