Local events in Bowersville
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How Bowersville began
Bowersville was surveyed in April 1848 with twenty-six lots, a year after a post office of the same name had already opened, and was named for Peter Bowermaster, its first businessman, who kept a store there before it was surveyed and served as postmaster. The narrow-gauge railroad known as the Grasshopper passed through the village in the 1870s. It sits in the center of Jefferson Township in Greene County's southeastern corner, with a population of 261 at the 2020 census.
Settled 1847 (post office), platted April 1848, by Peter Bowermaster.
Where the name comes from
Named for Peter Bowermaster, its first businessman, who had a store there before the village was surveyed and also served as postmaster.
Before the town
No village, mound, trail or treaty specific to Bowersville itself was found in the sources checked. Dills (1881) places Christopher Hussey, the township's first settler, on the Indian trail that ran from the Ohio River through Highland County by way of Lexington, Reeceville, Bowersville and Jamestown, which settlers followed in 1809.
- Indian trail through Bowersville (trail) — from the Ohio River through Highland County by Lexington, Reeceville, Bowersville and Jamestown, in use before 1809 (archive.org)
Timeline
- — Christopher Hussey, a Tennessean, becomes the first settler in what becomes Jefferson Township, near the site of Bowersville.
- — Robert Stewart arrives from Washington County, Virginia, with his wife and five children, and settles a mile southwest of the future village.
- — Evan Harris is appointed teacher of the school at Bowersville.
- — The Methodist Episcopal church of Bowersville is organized at Haughey's school house by the Rev. Ebenezer Webster with about twenty members; the frame church follows about 1855.
- — A post office named Bowersville opens, ahead of the formal village survey.
- — Peter Bowermaster surveys the village in April, laying out twenty-six lots.
- — The Methodist Protestant church is organized in June and builds a frame meeting-house that fall; the Christian (Campbellite) church is organized in that building on November 23.
- — Jefferson Township is organized entirely from Silver Creek Township, having had an election precinct at Bowersville before.
- — Pleasant Grange No. 28 is instituted at the Bowersville school house on March 21, and Otto Lodge No. 559 of the Odd Fellows on September 23, which builds a $1,000 hall.
- — The narrow-gauge 'Grasshopper' railroad runs twenty miles from Allentown to New Burlington through Jefferson Township; and the township has a neat brick hall at Bowersville.
- — Norman Vincent Peale, later a Methodist minister and author, is born at Bowersville, where his father was a physician.
- — The census counts 370 residents.
- — The census counts 297 residents, down from 370 in 1900.
- — Bowersville's census count falls to 225, its lowest since 1880; it is 261 in 2020.
Stories
The Grasshopper and the Iron Jacket
The 1881 county history lists the pioneers of Bowersville's township: Christopher Hussey in 1806 in a rude round log hut, Robert Stewart in 1810, and families named Kline, Hammer, Ayres, Rumbaugh and Reeves. The Baptists built a log meeting-house west of Stephen Kline's farm known as the 'Iron Jacket,' where a colored preacher called Black Isaac often preached; later the congregation moved to the Silver Creek line. Methodists, Christians and Protestant Methodists organized in or near the village between 1845 and 1851. Its railroad was the Columbus, Washington and Cincinnati narrow gauge, called the Grasshopper, which ran twenty miles from Allentown to New Burlington and was hoped to reach Columbus and Cincinnati. The village's best-known native son, Norman Vincent Peale, was born there in 1898.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · touringohio.com · jeffersontwpgreene.us · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org
Water
Groundwater wells (2 wells) The water here
- Bowersville Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Bowersville's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Jefferson Township Fire DepartmentBowersville
- Address
- 3188 Maysville Street, Bowersville, OH 45307
- Coordinates
- 39.58070, -83.72404
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Bowersville, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45307 Bowersville | 97% | Groundwater wells (2 wells) | 8.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1900 | Greeneview Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Bowersville, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Gary Wayne Ellison 30, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Council | Brenda M. Hartley 29, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Council | Robert Schmucker 28, 45.9%; Michael Work 33, 54.1% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Basic Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-10-03
The county
Greene County: 17 ZIP codes, 23 cities, villages and townships, 178,891 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Bowersville, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 0.71 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 44.5 in
- 7.5 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 20.2 in
- a normal year brings 22.9 in
- a normal year
- 43.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 0.71 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 6.55 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 8.17 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.17 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.13 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 6.46 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 4.08 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 7.62 | 0.9 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 2.14 | 6.3 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.44 | 13.0 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.61 | 10.7 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 3.28 | 4.3 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 59.0 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1930 — 24.7 in |
| Snowiest year | 1917 — 48.5 in |
| Wettest day on record | 6 October 1910 — 4.38 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 26 November 1950 — 14.17 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 21 January 1978 — 21.54 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Bowersville, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,873 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Quick answers
What county is Bowersville, Ohio in?
Bowersville is a village in Greene County, Ohio, with 261 residents.
When was Bowersville, Ohio founded?
Bowersville was settled 1847 (post office); laid out April 1848. Founders on record: Peter Bowermaster. Source
How did Bowersville, Ohio get its name?
Named for Peter Bowermaster, its first businessman, who had a store there before the village was surveyed and also served as postmaster. Source
What ZIP code is Bowersville, Ohio?
Most of Bowersville is in ZIP code 45307.
Where does Bowersville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Bowersville (Bowersville Village): Groundwater wells (2 wells).
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