Do you know of Lowell ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lowell. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lowell.

Our sources for Lowell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lowell other than they indicate that Lowell would be found somewhere in Choctaw County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1902 and closed in 1919.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Lowell ...

We found 34 communities that share the name Lowell.

Within Alabama, the name Lowell is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Cochise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Lowell [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lowell [Benton County].
- California
  - Napa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lowell [Napa County].
- Florida
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lowell [Marion County].
- Georgia
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lowell [Carroll County].
- Idaho
  - Idaho County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lowell [Idaho County].
- Illinois
  - La Salle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lowell [La Salle County].
- Indiana
  - Bartholomew County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lowell [Bartholomew County].
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lowell [Lake County].
- Iowa
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lowell [Henry County].
- Kansas
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lowell [Cherokee County].
  - Rooks County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lowell [Rooks County].
- Kentucky
  - Garrard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lowell [Garrard County].
- Maine
  - Penobscot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Lowell [Penobscot County].
- Massachusetts
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lowell [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
  - Bay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lowell [Bay County].
  - Kent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lowell [Kent County].
  - Washtenaw County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lowell [Washtenaw County].
- Missouri
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lowell [Linn County].
  - Saint Louis City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lowell [Saint Louis City].
- Nebraska
  - Kearney County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lowell [Kearney County].
- New York
  - Oneida County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lowell [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
  - Gaston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lowell [Gaston County].
- North Dakota
  - McIntosh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lowell [McIntosh County].
- Ohio
  - Mahoning County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lowell [Mahoning County].
  - Seneca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lowell [Seneca County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lowell [Washington County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lowell [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Snyder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lowell [Snyder County].
- Texas
  - Erath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lowell [Erath County].
- Vermont
  - Orleans County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Lowell [Orleans County].
- Washington
  - Snohomish County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lowell [Snohomish County].
- West Virginia
  - Summers County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lowell [Summers County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dodge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lowell [Dodge County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lowell ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lowell:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Choctaw County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Choctaw County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lowell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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