Welcome to Lowville ...

Lowville is located in Columbia County<1>.

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

Lowville is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Lowville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Lowville - they are located in Minnesota, New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Lowville ...

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

• Sun Prairie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
• Waunakee
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Waunakee is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
• DeForest
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Portage
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Portage is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
• Windsor
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Windsor is located in Dane County
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• Columbus
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Columbus is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
• Marshall
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
• Lodi
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lodi is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
• Poynette
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Poynette is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
• Pardeeville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people

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

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

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

Adding Lowville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lowville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lowville was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lowville.