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Welcome to Lowrey ...

Lowrey is located in Tehama County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowrey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Lowrey is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lowrey lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lowrey: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Lowrey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lowrey - they are located in Mississippi and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Lowrey ...

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

  • Flournoy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Paskenta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rancho Tehama Reserve
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Newville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
  • Corning
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Proberta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Rawson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Rawson is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Red Bluff
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gerber
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Tehama
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lowrey ...

Looking for more information about Lowrey? 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 Lowrey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lowrey.

Adding Lowrey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowrey 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 (so far) for Lowrey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lowrey post office opened in 1898. The Lowrey post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowrey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tehama, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowrey - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Lowrey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Lowrey 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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