Bowdon is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 137 at the 2020 census. Bowdon was founded in 189…Bowdon is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 137 at the 2020 census. Bowdon was founded in 1899 by Richard Sykes, a landowner from England who named it after Bowdon, near Manchester where he lived.