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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lowe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lowe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lowe, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Lowe (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lowe. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Lowe is historic, it would have been located within present day Madison County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Jackson, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan, Franklin (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Lowe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowe:
- Madison County (The home county of Lowe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Owens' Cross Roads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Gurley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- English Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Brownsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwycke Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Ryland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chelsea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- McLarty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Birdie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Bright Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Brooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Highmound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Joppa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Baileyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holly Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Simcoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Grove Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Oak is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Oak
- Whiton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whiton is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Rogers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Hix ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Chigger Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chigger Hill is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Hill
- Gibson Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gibson Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Crossroads
- Geraldine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Luttrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Luttrell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Powell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Powell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
- Rains ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rains is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
- Fyffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Paint Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aspel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Aspel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspel
- Lim Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lim Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lim Rock
- Trenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Pleasant Groves
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Dodsonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dodsonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville
- Hollytree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Larkinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Larkinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinsville
- Langston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Swancott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Capshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Belle Mina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Mooresville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Center Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Union Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Columbus City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Columbus City Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus City Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City Ferry
- North ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Scant City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Grassy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Warrenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Mid ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mid is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid
- Guntersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Guntersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
- Former names for Guntersville:
- Gunter's Ferry
- Gunter's Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <2>
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Morgan City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Lacey's Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Briscoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Valhermoso Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Apple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Winton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Florette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Ryan Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Hulaco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Somerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Eva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Priceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowe, see our County-by-County Page for Lowe.
Cemeteries Near Lowe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowe.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lowe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Glover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Drake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chandler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hayden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brazelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (857 more) ...
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Lowe itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lowe, with the one closest to Lowe listed first.
- Owens' Cross Roads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Berkley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nebo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Keel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Paint Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Bucksnort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gurley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Haden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haden is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Cottonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garth
- Brownsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowe.
Newspapers Published in Lowe ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowe, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowe.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lowe:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lowe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lowe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |