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History · Bowmans Crossing

Bowmans Crossing’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Bowmans Crossing. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bowmans Crossing is a CDP in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States.

Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bowmans Crossing 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bowmans Crossing’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Bowmans Crossing

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Earl JohnsonEarl JohnsonWoodstock · 6 miEdward AlmondEdward AlmondLuray · 12 miBernadotte Everly SchmittBernadotte Everly SchmittStrasburg · 19 miIsaac S. PennybackerIsaac S. PennybackerNew Market · 11 miHarrison H. RiddlebergerHarrison H. RiddlebergerEdinburg · 2 miThomas JordanThomas JordanLuray · 12 mi
By decade

Bowmans Crossing, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
2019-06-06 16 46 42 View north along Interstate 81 at Exit 277 (Virginia State Route 614, Bowmans Crossing) inCommons2019-06-06 16 46 42 View north along Interstate 81 at Exit …2019I 81 Interstate 81 - VirginiaCommonsI 81 Interstate 81 - Virginia2013
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Bowmans Crossing is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bowmans Crossing has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jacob Bowman House in Bowmans Crossing, 1.5 miles away.

Bowmans Crossing and the nearest listed places

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Jacob Bowman HouseClem-Kagey FarmEdinburg MillBowman-Zirkle FarmEdinburg Historic DistrictJohn Miley Maphis House

Closest to Bowmans Crossing

Jacob Bowman HouseBowmans Crossing · Built 18401.5miClem-Kagey FarmBowmans Crossing · Italianate1.9miEdinburg MillEdinburg · Building1.9miBowman-Zirkle FarmBowmans Crossing · Late Victorian2miEdinburg Historic DistrictEdinburg · District2.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Jacob Bowman House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bowmans Crossing?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bowmans Crossing’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Edinburg📜 Mount Jackson📜 Woodstock📜 New Market

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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