Welcome to Lowesville ...
Lowesville is primarily located in Amherst County<1>. A portion of Lowesville extends into Nelson County.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.
Lowesville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Lowesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Lowesville: 434
Communities Also Named Lowesville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lowesville - it's located in North Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lowesville.
Communities near Lowesville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lowesville.
- Buena Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Buena Vista City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <4>
- Amherst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandidges
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandidges. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sandidges
- From Lowesville to Sandidges
- Jonesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monitor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monitor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Monitor
- From Lowesville to Monitor
- New Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bryant
- From Lowesville to Bryant
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 Lowesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lowesville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lowesville. 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 Lowesville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowesville. See our Newspapers Page for Lowesville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lowesville ...
Looking for more information about Lowesville? 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.
In addition to the Tourism page for Lowesville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lowesville.
Adding Lowesville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lowesville 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 for Lowesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Lowesville post office opened in 1860.
We also found Lowesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowesville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amherst, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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/ |