Bowie was first called Huntington City in 1870. In 1880 it was rechartered as Bowie and incorporated in 1882. Bowie was built around railroads. Bowie’s rail town history is on display via the Huntington Railroad Museum, within the local rail station’s restored railroad buildings.
Bowie has an area of 16 square miles and about 50,000 residents with nearly 2,000 acres set aside as parks or open space. It has 72 ball fields, three community centers, an ice arena at Allen Pond Park, the Bowie Town Center, the 800-seat Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, a 150-seat theatrical playhouse, a golf course, and three museums.
Today, Bowie embraces cultural diversity as a growing vibrant education-oriented community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Bowie welcomes all culturally inspiring residents and value-based businesses.
The City of Bowie is in a fast growing Maryland area for new businesses. In the spirit of enterprising early settlers, Bowie is in an ideal Maryland location where local individual creativity and tech skills can thrive and where self-starter entrepreneurs can start their own dream business online or offline right here in Bowie.