The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Lowesville.
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History · Lowesville
Lowesville’s post office opened in 1877
More historic than 10% of U.S. towns · #232 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Most of Lowesville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1970 on.
1877first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Lowesville began
When was Lowesville founded?
1877
The Lowesville post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hokesville (1822), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 3,281149 years
How historic is Lowesville?
D
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Lowesville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Lowesville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lowesville is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #232 of 290 in North Carolina. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lowesville’s overall grade.
Founding era1877, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.9) · typical NC town 4.1% · U.S. 8.4%D−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical NC town 12.5 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 10%
NewerOlder
North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 20%
North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Lowesville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Lowesville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Lowesville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lowesville’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Lowesville, 1822 to 1970
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Lowesville on the map, 1970 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lowesville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1970Lowesville sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lowesville.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Lowesville
Nobody well known was born in Lowesville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Charles DukeAmerican engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test… · b. 1935
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Lowesville had its own post office from 1877 to 1906. Another post office, Hokesville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Mineral Spring
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lowesville
Gold Hill ChurchHills Chapel
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Lowesville’s history
What year was Lowesville founded?
The Lowesville post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lowesville rank for history?
Lowesville is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #232 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Lowesville?
0.0% of Lowesville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 2001.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.