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Welcome to Lowryville ...

Lowryville is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowryville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Lowryville is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lowryville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lowryville: 731

Communities Also Named Lowryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lowryville - it's located in South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lowryville.

Communities near Lowryville ...

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

  • Johnson Ford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
  • Tulu
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Tulu is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
    • Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
  • Savannah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Swift
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Swift is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
  • Belle Meade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
  • Adamsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Crump
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lutts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Nixon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Michie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lowryville ...

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

Adding Lowryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowryville 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 Lowryville was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowryville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowryville - 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.