Bowden, originally known as Taneha,[2] is an unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States.

A post office operated in Bowden from June 9, 1909 to November 1, 1957.

[3] The community was named after Sapulpa merchant Rollandus A.

[3] It developed as a boom town after the discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve.

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