Bowstring is an unincorporated community in the Bowstring Lake unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Bowstring Lake is an Unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. Itasca County is a County located in the US state of Minnesota Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is located about 10 miles north of Deer River on Minnesota State Highway 6. Deer River is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. Minnesota State Highway 6 is a Highway in east-central and northeast Minnesota, which runs from the intersection of Minnesota Highway 18 and Minnesota 6

The town name appears on some state maps and on highway signage. The U. S. Postal Service accepts mail addressed to Bowstring, which is held for pickup at a contract post office located at the Bowstring Store.

The town is named after nearby Bowstring Lake. Its population is about 121 people. Buildings include a church, the Bowstring Store, the USDA fire warden's office, a community center, and several houses. It also features a telephone booth, which was an important feature up until the arrival of cellular phone service in the area in the 1980s. A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, (or telephone box in the British Isles) is a small structure furnished with a Payphone and designed

The town has served travelers, tourists, and the area's few permanent residents since being settled in the 1920s.

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