Bowie, Maryland. City and Business guide.

Welcome to Bowie, Maryland.

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 50,269, at the 2000 census, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Prince George's County.

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The Town of Bowie owes its existence to the railway. In 1853, Col. William D. Bowie succeeded in obtaining a charter from the Maryland legislature to construct a rail line into Southern Maryland. In 1869 the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company began the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to Southern Maryland. By 1872, it was completed together with a spur to Washington DC. The remainder of the railroad through Southern Maryland and Pope's Creek was completed in 1873.

In 1916, Bowie incorporated as the Town of Bowie. In 1914, a teachers training college for African-Americans was built just outside the town, and is now the award-winning Bowie State University.

St. John's Herb Garden is a commercial herb garden located at 7711 Hillmeade Road, Bowie, Maryland. It is a member of the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Program for Arboreta in North America, and open for public visits. The grounds contain 21 gardens, as well as greenhouses, ponds, and terraces.

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Woodmore, MD (3.1 miles), Glenn Dale, MD (4.5 miles), Mitchellville, MD (5.0 miles), Crofton, MD (5.3 miles), Kettering, MD (6.0 miles), Lake Arbor, MD (7.0 miles), Lanham-Seabrook, MD (7.2 miles), Springdale, MD (7.2 miles).

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