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Welcome to South Lowell ...

South Lowell is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Lowell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for South Lowell: S. Lowell

South Lowell is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: South Lowell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for South Lowell: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named South Lowell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named South Lowell - they are located in Massachusetts and North Carolina.

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

Communities near South Lowell ...

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

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 South Lowell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for South Lowell.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of South Lowell. 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 South Lowell.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Lowell ...

Looking for more information about South Lowell? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to South Lowell, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for South Lowell.

Adding South Lowell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South Lowell in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for South Lowell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the South Lowell post office opened in 1875.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Lowell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Lowell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the South Lowell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the South Lowell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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