The village of Bowerston was settled in the early 1800�s but was not platted until 1852 and incorporated in 1881. Two crude mills were built on the south side of the Conotton Creek, which was then practically a wilderness. One mill was a sawmill, the other a gristmill. In 1804, Barnhard Bower and his brother John moved to the area and started to rebuild the mills. In 1816, the settlement called Bower�s Mills was laid out. Eventually it became known as Bowerstown, then Bowerston.