Bowie, Texas

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History

On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated as a town in Montague County, Texas, 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.[3] On March 21, 2022, two EF1 tornadoes hit the town.[4]

Geography

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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.[5] Record extremes there have ranged from Script error: No such module "convert". in June 1980 to Script error: No such module "convert". in December 1989, although an unofficial record low of Script error: No such module "convert". occurred in February 1899.[6] Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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Demographics

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U.S. Decennial Census[8]

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2020 census

Bowie racial composition[2]
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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%
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

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Facilities

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  • Runway 17/35: 3,603 x 60 ft. (1,098 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt[9]

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.[9]

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."[12]

Notable people

Gallery

References

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External links

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