Bowesmont, North Dakota

Bowesmont is a ghost town in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. Bowesmont is located along a BNSF Railroad line near Interstate 29, 8.2 miles (13.2 km) north of Drayton.[2] The community was initially named Alma for Alma, Ontario in 1878; the name was changed to Bowesmont, for William Bowes, the town's first shopkeeper, six months later.[1] According to legend, Bowes won the right to name the town in a card game.[3]

Bowesmont, North Dakota
Unincorporated town
A church in Bowesmont
A church in Bowesmont
Bowesmont, North Dakota is located in North Dakota
Bowesmont, North Dakota
Bowesmont, North Dakota
Bowesmont, North Dakota is located in the United States
Bowesmont, North Dakota
Bowesmont, North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°41′24″N 97°10′41″W
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyPembina
Elevation
794 ft (242 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code701
GNIS feature ID1028097[1]

Bowesmont was devastated by flooding of the Red River in 1997. Only an old church and a small trucking outfit are left, with no residential area. An annual pilgrimage occurs the second Sunday of July where old friends, family and neighbors meet in the old church to celebrate what was the town they loved.[4]

Notable person

References
  1. "Bowesmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Pembina County (PDF) (Map). North Dakota Department of Transportation. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  3. Federal Writers' Project workers (1938). North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State. Works Progress Administration. p. 352.
  4. https://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/regions/regionviii/jurnys32.pdf
  5. Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of North Dakota. Somerset Publishers. p. 411.


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