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Bowles

Ghost town · Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Atlanta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Atlanta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bowles is a ghost town in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It is one of 19 former communities in Chickasaw County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 57 Mississippi counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bowles as a historical populated place on the Atlanta topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.8251° N, 89.1367° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAtlanta
Elevation445 ft
Nearest living townVardaman, MS
Distance to it4.6 miles
GNIS feature ID688702
Coordinates33.82511, -89.13673

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What's there now

Bowles is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Vardaman, MS (population 1,004), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 445 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bowles?

Bowles is in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, at 33.8251, -89.1367.

How many ghost towns are in Chickasaw County?

Chickasaw County, Mississippi has 19 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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