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History · Lowery Township

The history of Lowery Township

Below: maps from 1978 on.

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What stands out about Lowery Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lowery Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lowery Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lowery Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 33 to 35 (+6%).

Timeline

Lowery Township, 1899 to 1978

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Newhome post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Newhome post office closes
  5. 1978On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Lowery Township on the map, 1978 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lowery Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lowery Township on the 1978 USGS mapLowery Township on the 1994 USGS map1978Sykeston SW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lowery Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Newhome, opened and closed inside today’s town.

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lowery Township
New HomeNew Home Seventh - Day Adventist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Conklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGerber TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRexine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.