Bowers, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Berks

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Maxatawny

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 1.58

|area_land_km2 = 1.57

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 355

|population_density_km2 = 225.53

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 449

|coordinates = {{coord|40|29|14|N|75|44|32|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

|postal_code = 19511 & 19539

|area_code = 610 & 484

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-07800

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|blank1_info = 1170048{{cite gnis|1170048|Bowers}}

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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.61

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.61

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_density_sq_mi = 583.88

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Bowers is a census-designated place{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/ |title=2010 Census |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223071851/http://www.census.gov/2010census/ |archive-date=2013-12-23 }} 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.https://www.census.gov/# {{nonspecific|date=July 2022}} 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. [http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/zip-codes/data,zipcode,19511.cfm]

{{US Census population

|2020= 355

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

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