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Bowie County
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county in Texas, United States
Bowie County is a county located in Texas in the northeastern part of the state. It is one of the 254 counties that make up the state of Texas.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Bowie
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Boston
- Capital
- Boston
- Population
- 92893
- Area
- 2390
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Red River County
- Official website
- www.co.bowie.tx.us
- Image
- BowieCountyCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 34283
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- Commons category
- Bowie County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Bowie County, Texas
- inception
- 1840-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Bowie County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 4.1
- native label
- Bowie County
- different from
- Bowie
- per capita income
- 27572
- IPA transcription
- ˈbuː.i
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bowie County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Bowie County (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,893. Bowie County is part of the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area. The county is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
History
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