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Welcome to Lowelltown ...

Lowelltown is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowelltown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Lowelltown is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lowelltown: 207

Communities near Lowelltown ...

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

  • Lac Megantic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Frontenac
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Nantes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantes
  • Saint Ludger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lac Drolet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sainte Cecile de Whitton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Augustin de Woburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Marston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
  • Audet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audet
  • Saint Robert Bellarmin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lowelltown ...

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

Adding Lowelltown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowelltown 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 Lowelltown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Lowelltown post office opened in 1892. The Lowelltown post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowelltown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowelltown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/