The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBowen (formerly Bowensburg) is a village in southeast Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 464 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 494 to 464 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bowen yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Bowen’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bowen’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bowen, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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