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Do you know of Lowhill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lowhill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lowhill.<1>

Our sources for Lowhill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lowhill other than they indicate that Lowhill would be found somewhere in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1828 and closed  in 1906.

Communities Also Named Lowhill ...

We found one communities that share the name Lowhill.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Lowhill.

Beyond Pennsylvania.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lowhill [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lowhill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lowhill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lowhill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Lehigh County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lehigh County.

AineyvilleLower Fullerton
Allen Crest 
 Metamora
BestMinnich
Bethlehem JunctionMoutainville
  
Centre ValleyNorth Whitehall
Centronia 
Cherry FordOswaldville
Crane 
CranesvilleParkview Gardens
 Plover
DeibertsvillePortland
Dresher 
 Ringers
East Penn JunctionRolling Hills
East Slatedale 
Elliott HeightsSaucona
EmausSaucon's
 Schadts
FerndaleShepherd Hills
FranklinSherersville
 Shoenersville
GardnerSiegersville
German CornersSouth Whitehall
Germans CornerSpring Mill
Guth's StationStetler
  
HartsvilleTripoli
Heinly 
HoffmanUpper Saucon
  
JordanWalberts
 Waldenheim Park
Kline's CornersWalnut Gardens
KraussdaleWeishample
 West Coplay
Lehigh ValleyWhitehall
Lower Catasauqua 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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