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Bowers, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°29′14″N 75°44′32″W / 40.48722°N 75.74222°W / 40.48722; -75.74222
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Maxatawny
Area
• Total	0.61 sq mi (1.58 km)
• Land	0.61 sq mi (1.57 km)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km)
Elevation	449 ft (137 m)
Population
• Total	355
• Density	583.88/sq mi (225.53/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	19511 & 19539
Area code(s)	610 & 484
FIPS code	42-07800
GNIS feature ID	1170048

Bowers is a census-designated place in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Bowers is located near the borough of Lyons and is on Sacony Creek, a tributary of the Maiden Creek. As of the 2020 census, the population was 355 residents. Although Bowers has its own post office with the ZIP code of 19511, some residents are served by the Mertztown post office with the ZIP code of 19539.

History

Bowers was founded in 1860, the same year the railroad was extended to Bowers. The community was named for the local Bower family.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. "Bowers". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "2010 Census". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
5. https://www.census.gov/#
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
7. "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

v t e Places adjacent to Bowers, Pennsylvania
Kutztown Hinterleiter Topton Lyons Bowers Longswamp Township Dryville Rockland Township Sally Ann

v t e Municipalities and communities of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Reading
City	Reading
Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Bally Bechtelsville Bernville Birdsboro Boyertown Centerport Fleetwood Hamburg Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Leesport Lenhartsville Lyons Mohnton Mount Penn New Morgan Robesonia St. Lawrence Shillington Shoemakersville Sinking Spring Topton Wernersville West Reading Womelsdorf Wyomissing
Townships	Albany Alsace Amity Bern Bethel Brecknock Caernarvon Centre Colebrookdale Cumru District Douglass Earl Exeter Greenwich Heidelberg Hereford Jefferson Longswamp Lower Alsace Lower Heidelberg Maidencreek Marion Maxatawny Muhlenberg North Heidelberg Oley Ontelaunee Penn Perry Pike Richmond Robeson Rockland Ruscombmanor South Heidelberg Spring Tilden Tulpehocken Union Upper Bern Upper Tulpehocken Washington Windsor
CDPs	Alleghenyville Alsace Manor Amity Gardens Baumstown Bethel Blandon Bowers Colony Park Dauberville Douglassville Dryville Edenburg Flying Hills Fox Chase Frystown Gibraltar Gouglersville Greenfields Grill Hereford Hyde Park Jacksonwald Kempton Kutztown University Lincoln Park Lorane Maxatawny Mertztown Mohrsville Montrose Manor Morgantown‡ Mount Aetna Muhlenberg Park New Berlinville New Jerusalem New Schaefferstown Oley Penn State Berks Pennside Pennwyn Rehrersburg Reiffton Riverview Park Schubert Shartlesville South Temple Spring Ridge Springmont Stony Creek Mills Stouchsburg Strausstown Temple Virginville Walnuttown West Hamburg West Lawn West Wyomissing Whitfield
Other communities	Albany Amityville Barto Basket Beckersville Berne Boyers Junction Breezy Corner Brownsville Cacoosing Chapel‡ Clayton Dale Earlville Dreibelbis Eagle Point Eckville Eshbach Evansville Five Points Fredericksville Fritztown Geigertown Greenawald Green Hills Grimville Hancock Harlem Henningsville Hinterleiter Host Huffs Church Jalappa Joanna Joanna Heights Kempville Kirbyville Klinesville Knauers Krumsville Kulptown Landis Store Leinbachs Limekiln Lobachsville Longswamp Maiden Creek Manatawny Maple Grove Molltown Monocacy Station Montello Monterey Morysville Moselem Moselem Springs New Hensingersville Pikeville Pine Forge Pleasant Valley Pleasantville Plowville Pricetown Quaker City Rittenhouse Gap Sally Ann Scarlets Mill Seisholtzville State Hill Stony Run Trexler Tuckerton Unionville Vinemont Weavertown Windsor Castle Wintersville Woodchoppertown Wyomissing Hills Yellow House
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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