Bowstring, Minnesota

This article is about the unincorporated community in northern Minnesota. For a bowstring bridge, see tied arch bridge. For a string of a bow, see bow string.

Bowstring, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Bowstring, Minnesota Location of the community of Bowstring within Itasca County
Coordinates: 47°32′35″N 93°47′48″W / 47.54306°N 93.79667°W / 47.54306; -93.79667Coordinates: 47°32′35″N 93°47′48″W / 47.54306°N 93.79667°W / 47.54306; -93.79667
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Itasca
Township	Bowstring Township
Elevation	1,345 ft (410 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	56636
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	655495^[1]

Bowstring is an unincorporated community in Bowstring Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located 15 miles north of Deer River on Minnesota State Highway 6.

The unincorporated community of Bowstring also extends into Bowstring Lake Unorganized Territory of Itasca County.

Geography

The center of Bowstring is generally considered at the intersection of State Highway 6 (MN 6) and Itasca County Road 133 (CR 133). Nearby places include Talmoon, Marcell, Spring Lake, and Inger. Bowstring is located within the Bowstring State Forest of Itasca County. Lake Jessie Township and Leech Lake Indian Reservation are both in the vicinity.

The Bowstring River flows through the area.

Community

The U.S. Postal Service accepts mail addressed to Bowstring, which is held for pickup at a contract post office located at the Bowstring Store.

The community is named after nearby Bowstring Lake. Its population is about 121 people. Buildings include a church, the Bowstring Store, the USDA fire warden's office, a community center, and several houses. It also features a telephone booth, which was an important feature up until the arrival of cellular phone service in the area in the 1980s.

The community has served travelers, tourists, and the area's few permanent residents since being settled in the 1920s.

References

↑ "Bowstring, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Mn/DOT map of Itasca County – Sheet 2 – 2011 edition

Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Grand Rapids

Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple

Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Liberty Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt

Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca

CDPs	Ball Club Inger

Unincorporated communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Goodland Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt

Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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