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Welcome to Lowland ...

Lowland is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lowland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Lowland is 1,850 feet [564 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lowland: 276

Communities Also Named Lowland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lowland - they are located in Colorado, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Lowland ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lowland ...

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

Adding Lowland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowland 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 Lowland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lowland post office opened in 1886. The Lowland post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lowland - 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.
<4>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/