Bowie, Arizona

About Bowie

Set in the southeastern part of Arizona, Bowie is a small unincorporated community.

Bowie holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.71 square miles.

📰 Bowie News Today

• Former Department of Corrections employee accused of sharing use-of-force videos ABC15 Arizona · Sep 30
• Month-long bridge closure near Bowie to impact I-10 drivers KVOA · Jun 10
• The cheapest place to buy a home in Arizona is this small desert town Phoenix New Times · Feb 10
• Monthly Weather Forecast for Bowie, Arizona 85605 The Weather Channel · Dec 28
• Thomas "Tommy" Cooke Jr. Obituary (2026) - Bowie, AZ - Westlawn Chapel & Mortuary, Inc. - Willcox Legacy | Obituary · Jan 6

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Bowie Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Arizona, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Arizona — one of 467 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 22 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bowie

• Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Mineral Park reviews ★
• Welker-Scott Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Bowie

• Bowie Elementary School
• Bowie High School
• CTD - Bowie High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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