Bowmansdale, Pennsylvania

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Bowmansdale
Village
Bowmansdale Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°09′58″N 76°58′41″W / 40.16611°N 76.97806°W / 40.16611; -76.97806Coordinates: 40°09′58″N 76°58′41″W / 40.16611°N 76.97806°W / 40.16611; -76.97806
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Cumberland
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Bowmansdale is a village located in Upper Allen Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, south of Mechanicsburg. It is named after Jacob Bowman, a former Cumberland County Sheriff. The Bowmansdale Stoner covered bridge, built in 1867, was relocated to the campus of nearby Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania in 1972

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Carlisle

Boroughs	Camp Hill Carlisle Lemoyne Mechanicsburg Mount Holly Springs New Cumberland Newburg Newville Shippensburg‡ Shiremanstown Wormleysburg

Townships	Cooke Dickinson East Pennsboro Hampden Hopewell Lower Allen Lower Frankford Lower Mifflin Middlesex Monroe North Middleton North Newton Penn Shippensburg Silver Spring South Middleton South Newton Southampton Upper Allen Upper Frankford Upper Mifflin West Pennsboro

CDPs	Boiling Springs Enola Lower Allen Messiah College New Kingstown Plainfield Schlusser West Fairview

Unincorporated communities	Bloserville Bowmansdale Caprivi Entlerville Grantham Shepherdstown Sporting Hill Summerdale Wertzville Williams Grove

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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