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Welcome to Lowe ...

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.


Lowe would have been located within present day Madison County<2>.


The location of Lowe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lowe is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lowe was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lowe (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Lowe would have been located in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Lowe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Lowe - they are located in Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas (3), Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lowe.

Communities near Lowe ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lowe.

  • Huntsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Guntersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • 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 <6>
  • Arab
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <6>
  • New Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Triana
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
    • Triana is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Grant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gurley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Groves
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Groves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
    • Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
  • Langston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
    • Langston is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langston <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lowe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lowe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lowe. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowe.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowe. See our Newspapers Page for Lowe.

Adding Lowe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowe in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lowe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Lowe post office opened in 1881.

We also found Lowe in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowe.

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.al.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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