Efforts to incorporate Bowmanstown as a borough occurred as
early as 1892. The village contained about 300 inhabitants in
1896 but the nearby New Jersey Zinc Company soon added to its
growth. Bowmanstown was incorporated as a Borough on November
29, 1913 for the purpose of providing general local government
services to residents of the community. Upon incorporation of
Bowmanstown as a borough its boundaries encompassed lands
measuring 0.75 square mile. The borough's assessed valuation in
1918 was $279,000.00. The population of 834 in 1920 remained
relatively constant for decades. The Bowmanstown Borough
Municipal Building (Borough Hall) is a converted school building
that was constructed in 1903 to serve the youths of the
community. In 1958, the Palmerton School District was
established and combined several local schools in order to
create a regional school thus making the Bowmanstown campus
obsolete. In 1964, the Borough acquired the old brick school
building and has been using it as offices ever since. The