Welcome to Lowrane ...
So far, we found very little information about Lowrane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lowrane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lowrane, please Contact Us.
Lowrane would have been located within present day Phillips County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowrane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Lowrane is 2,590 feet [789 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lowrane is ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Lowrane was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Lowrane, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.
The Area Code where Lowrane was located: 406
Communities near Lowrane ...
We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Lowrane.
- Orkney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orkney
- Loring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Masefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Whitewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bracken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Val Marie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Treelon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Treelon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treelon
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Adding Lowrane to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lowrane in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lowrane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Lowrane post office opened in 1921.
We also found Lowrane on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowrane.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lowrane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Phillips, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowrane - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |