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Welcome to East Lowell ...

East Lowell is located in Penobscot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Lowell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for East Lowell: E. Lowell

East Lowell is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Lowell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from East Lowell (for example, toward Saint Stephen (NB)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Code for East Lowell: 207

Communities near East Lowell ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East 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 East Lowell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Lowell.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Lowell ...

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

Adding East Lowell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 (so far) for East Lowell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Lowell post office opened in 1856. The East Lowell post office closed in 1919.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Penobscot, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Lowell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/