Bowie, Maryland Bowie, Maryland City of Bowie Old Town Bowie, as seen from the intersection of Maryland Route 564 and Chapel Avenue in January 2008 Old Town Bowie, as seen from the intersection of Maryland Route 564 and Chapel Avenue in January 2008 Official seal of Bowie, Maryland Location of Bowie in Prince George's County and the State of Maryland Location of Bowie in Prince George's County and the State of Maryland Bowie is positioned in Maryland Bowie - Bowie Bowie / bu i/ is a town/city in Prince George's County, Maryland. The populace was 54,727 at the 2010 U.S.
Bowie has grown from a small barns stop to the biggest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most crowded city and third biggest city by region in the U.S.
In 2014 CNN Money ranked Bowie 28th in its Best Places to Live in America list. 1.2.1 Belair at Bowie The town/city of Bowie owes its existence to the stockyards .
In 1853 Colonel William Duckett Bowie obtained a charter from the Maryland council to construct a rail line into Southern Maryland.
Huntington City was retitled with respect to the son of William Duckett Bowie and his company partner, Oden Bowie, who was President of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad at the time, and previously Governor of Maryland. The town was later rechartered as Bowie in 1880.
Bowie region stations encompassed High Bridge, Hillmeade, and the Race Track.
The convergence of the two rail systems induced the Southern Maryland Agricultural Society to build the Bowie Race Track in 1914.
The track enabled the Belair Stud to turn into one of Maryland's premier areas for thoroughbreds.
This now has turn into Bowie State University.
The town of Bowie was incorporated in 1916.
In 1957 the firm of Levitt and Sons acquired the close-by Belair Estate, the initial colonial plantation of the Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle, and advanced the residentiary improve of Belair at Bowie.
Two years later the town of Bowie took in the Levitt properties, and then re-incorporated the now-larger region as a town/city in 1963.
The overwhelming majority of Bowie inhabitants today live in this 1960s Levitt prepared community, whose street names are arranged in alphabetical sections. Levitt & Sons had a long history of prohibiting the sale of homes (including resale by owners) to African Americans which led to protests amid the Civil Rights Movement in Bowie in 1963. The initial Belair Estate contains the Belair Mansion (circa 1745), the five-part Georgian plantation home of Governor Samuel Ogle and his son Governor Benjamin Ogle.
Bowie has an region of 16 square miles (41 km2) and about 50,000 inhabitants with nearly 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) set aside as parks or open space.
It has 72 ball fields, three improve centers, an ice arena at Allen Pond Park, the Bowie Town Center, the 800-seat Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, a 150-seat theatrical playhouse, a golf course, and three exhibitions.
Bowie's rail town history is on display via the Huntington Railroad Museum, inside the small-town rail station's restored barns buildings.
In 2006, the town/city reopened the Bowie Building Association building, a small brick and block structure constructed about 1930, as a Welcome Center; it originally homed the Bowie Building Association, which helped finance much of the community's early development.
Bowie is home to the Bowie Baysox, a Class AA Eastern League experienced baseball team affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles.
Detailed census map of Bowie, MD and encircling areas.
Bowie is positioned at 38 57 53 N 76 44 40 W (38.964727, 76.744531). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 18.51 square miles (47.94 km2), of which, 18.43 square miles (47.73 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. ZIP codes for mail bringy in Bowie are: 20715, 20716, 20717, 20718, 20719, 20720, 20721 According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bowie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The City of Bowie operates under a council-manager government as established by the town/city charter.
The major law enforcement agency for the town/city is the Bowie Police Department.
The Bowie Police Department is also aided by the Prince George's County Police, the Maryland-National Capital Park Police Department, and the Sheriff's Office as directed by authority.
2 Prince George's County Public Schools 1,063 3 City of Bowie 418 Bowie is inside the Prince George's County Public Schools system.
Area inhabitants are zoned to Benjamin Tasker Middle School or Samuel Ogle Middle School, and Bowie High School.
Elementary schools in Bowie include Heather Hills, High Bridge, Kenilworth, Northview, Pointer Ridge, Rockledge, Tulip Grove, Whitehall, and Yorktown Elementary Schools.
Bowie is home to a several private schools: Bowie Montessori Children's House Bowie State University, positioned north of Bowie, has been open since 1865.
Bowie Baysox Baseball Eastern League 1 (2015) Prince George's Stadium The following is a list of historic sites in the town/city of Bowie and vicinity identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission: 1 Belair Belair Mansion 1.jpg Tulip Grove and Belair Drives 71 - B-004 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1977-09-16 2 Belair Stables Belair Belair Drive 71 - B-005 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1973-05-08 3 Bowie Railroad Buildings Bowie Rail 8614 Chestnut Ave.
71 - A-030 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1988-10-13; African American Heritage site 14 Melford Melford Dec 08.JPG 17107 Melford Boulevard 71 - B-016 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1988-04-06; also listed at Mitchellville 21 Williams Plains Williams Plains South Dec 08.JPG MD 3, White Marsh Recreational Park 71 - B-003 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1980-11-28 22 Pleasant Prospect Pleasant Prospect, 2015.jpeg 12806 Woodmore Rd.,Mitchellville, Maryland 74 - A-006 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, April 30, 1976 Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bowie.
In June 2016, Mayor Robinson gave honorary Bowie peoplehip to Mayor Luigi Lucchi of Berceto, Italy as part of an International Youth Festival being held there. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowie, Maryland "Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Maryland, Listed Alphabetically".
City of Bowie, Maryland.
Prince George's County Historical Society.
"Prince George's County: Over 300 years of History Oden Bowie".
Prince George's County Historical Society.
"Governor's Information: Maryland Governor Oden Bowie".
Climate Summary for Bowie, Maryland "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"City of Bowie 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (PDF).
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M-NCPPC Illustrated Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County, Maryland), 2006.
Maryland Historical Trust Property Number PG-74 - B-1 & AA-85 - I (PDF), Maryland Inventory of Historic Bridges, retrieved 5 January 2013 "Berceto, Cittadinanza Onoraria del Bowie a Lucchi" [Berceto: Lucchi Receives Honorary Bowie Citizenship].
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