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Welcome to West Lowville ...

West Lowville is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Lowville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1824.

A typical abbreviation for West Lowville: W. Lowville

West Lowville is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Lowville: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near West Lowville ...

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

  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • West Carthage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
  • Black River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Copenhagen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Leyden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Croghan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyons Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Castorland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Deferiet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Constableville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Lowville ...

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

Adding West Lowville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Lowville 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 West Lowville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Lowville post office opened in 1824. The West Lowville post office closed in 1872.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Lowville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Lowville - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the West Lowville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the West Lowville 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/