Bowie, Texas

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Bowie (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,448 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0" />

History

On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated as a town in Montague County, United States. (A separate Bowie County includes Texarkana in northeastern Texas.) The town began to expand with the arrival of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in 1882.Template:Sfn In 1884, four men robbed the First National Bank of Bowie and allegedly left with over $10,000 in gold coins. Townspeople gave chase and eventually captured the robbers, who were hanged for their crimes.Template:Sfn By 1913, the town had a population of more than 5,000, and included the Bowie Commercial College.Template:Sfn

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the town on his train on July 11, 1938. He ceremonially purchased biscuits from businessman Amon G. Carter of Fort Worth, who had grown up in Bowie.Template:Sfn On August 19, 1941, Rex Beard, Jr., robbed the First National Bank of Bowie and was captured in December of that same year.Template:Sfn An EF1 tornado hit the town of Bowie on May 22, 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 21, 2022, two EF1 tornadoes hit the town.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bowie has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.Template:Sfn

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Bowie has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Bowie, Texas</ref> Template:Weather box

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Demographics

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2020 census

**Bowie racial composition**<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
(NH = Non-Hispanic)Template:Efn
Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	4,177	76.67%
Black or African American (NH)	33	0.61%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	44	0.81%
Asian (NH)	36	0.66%
Pacific Islander (NH)	2	0.04%
Some other race (NH)	7	0.13%
Mixed/multiracial (NH)	275	5.05%
Hispanic or Latino	874	16.04%
Total	5,448

As of the 2020 United States census, 5,448 people, 1,911 households, and 1,333 families resided in the city.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, 5,218 people and 2,090 households, with 2,489 housing units, were in the town. The population density was 945.6 people per square mile. The average household size was 2.32 persons and the average family size was 2.99. The racial makeup of the town was 91.9% White, 0.2% African American, 1.0% Native American, 0.7% Asian, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 11.6% of the population. The median income for a household in the town was $33,846. The per capita income for the town was $19,063.Template:Sfn

Education

The town is served by the Bowie Independent School District and a branch campus of North Central Texas College.

Airport

Template:Infobox airport Bowie Municipal Airport Template:Airport codes is a city-owned public airport of the town, located approximately Template:Convert northeast of the central business district.<ref name="FAA" /><ref name=txdot>Template:Cite web</ref> The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation.<ref name=gcm>Template:Cite web</ref>

Facilities

Bowie Municipal Airport covers Template:Convert at an elevation of Template:Convert above mean sea level (AMSL), and has one runway:

Runway 17/35: 3,603 x 60 ft. (1,098 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2022, the airport had 7,350 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% military. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 28 single-engine, and 1 helicopter.<ref name="FAA" />

Accidents and incidents

15 August 2014: A Cessna 414, registration number N127BC, was on approach to land when it suddenly went into a spin and impacted the ground in a nose-down attitude. The aircraft was consumed in an immediate post-impact fire and the pilot and single passenger were killed. An autopsy of the pilot revealed acute, premortem, nonocclusive thrombosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery, and the medical examiner concluded that "[the pilot] died primarily to hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and that his multiple blunt force injuries likely contributed to his death." The accident was attributed to "The pilot's incapacitation in flight as the result of an acute cardiac event, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

James V. Allred, 33rd Governor of Texas
Amon Carter, Businessman, Creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Woodrow Chambliss, actor

Gallery

A look at downtown Bowie (2013)

A look at downtown Bowie (2013)
Bowie Public Library

Bowie Public Library
U.S. Post Office in Bowie

U.S. Post Office in Bowie
St. Peter Lutheran Church at 906 Highway 59 North in Bowie; pastor Larry Knobloch (2013)

St. Peter Lutheran Church at 906 Highway 59 North in Bowie; pastor Larry Knobloch (2013)

References

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External links

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