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History · Lowellville

Lowellville’s post office opened in 1838, and 54% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lowellville Railroad Station. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1850.

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54%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Lowellville began

When was Lowellville founded?

1838

The Lowellville post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 268 in 18502020 census: 996188 years
Founding year: the first Lowellville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lowellville’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 Lowellville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lowellville’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,550 in 1930; 996 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19064 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1970. Watch Lowellville change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lowellville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lowellville, in brief

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

Lowellville is a village in eastern Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 996 at the 2020 census. Located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Youngstown, it is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,155 to 996 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

People over time

Lowellville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5001850190019502000Peak: 2,550

Peaked at 2,550 in 1930; 996 people lived here in 2020.

18 censuses, 1850–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lowellville’s Wikipedia page.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Lowellville in 1907

Passages that mention Lowellville, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Holy Rosary Mission Church. — The erection of a Catholic church at Lowellville was first proposed about 1867, some twenty Catholic families having taken up their residence in the place, owing to the building of the Ashtabula & Pittsburg Railroad, and also the starting of a furnace. The foundation w…
20th century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio1907 · page 222Read the page →
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Holy Rosary Mission Church. — The erection of a Catholic church at Lowellville was first proposed about 1867, some twenty Catholic families having taken up their residence in the place, owing to the building of the Ashtabula & Pittsburg Railroad, and also the starting of a furnace. The foundation was begun in 1868, but owing to the failure of the above

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Holy Rosary Mission Church. — The erection of a Catholic church at Lowellville was first proposed about 1867, some twenty Catholic families having taken up their residence in the place, owing to the building of the Ashtabula & Pittsburg Railroad, and also the starting of a furnace. The foundation w…
Twentieth century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio1907 · page 222Read the page →
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Holy Rosary Mission Church. — The erection of a Catholic church at Lowellville was first proposed about 1867, some twenty Catholic families having taken up their residence in the place, owing to the building of the Ashtabula & Pittsburg Railroad, and also the starting of a furnace. The foundation was begun in 1868, but owing to the failure of the above

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his profession claims his time to such an extent that he has never considered himself an active politician, although he served two years as mayor of Lowellville, from 1900 to 1902. He has always been interested in the general welfare of Lowellville, and willingly exerts his influence to advance pub…
20th century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio1907 · page 795Read the page →
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his profession claims his time to such an extent that he has never considered himself an active politician, although he served two years as mayor of Lowellville, from 1900 to 1902. He has always been interested in the general welfare of Lowellville, and willingly exerts his influence to advance public measures which promise benefit to all concerned. He belongs

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Freeh has met with great prosperity all his fellow citizens know and they unite in saying that it is deserved. There are few men in the town of Lowellville who are lietter known. It has always been his custom to look personally after his business. He owns his own slaughter house in Poland Center, a…
Twentieth century history of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio1907 · page 800Read the page →
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Freeh has met with great prosperity all his fellow citizens know and they unite in saying that it is deserved. There are few men in the town of Lowellville who are lietter known. It has always been his custom to look personally after his business. He owns his own slaughter house in Poland Center, and makes a practice of killing ami dressing his own meat. His

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Lowellville, 1838 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Lowellville post office opens
  3. 1853Born hereJames Kennedy is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1920Born hereWalt McDonald is born here
  7. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 2,550
By decade

Lowellville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Lowellville Schools2023Lowellville SchoolsMap of Mahoning County Ohio Highlighting Lowellville Village2015Map of Mahoning County Ohio Highlighting Lowellville …MapLowellville Railroad Station2011Lowellville Railroad StationLowellville Ohio City Hall2006Lowellville Ohio City HallOHMap-doton-Lowellville2004OHMap-doton-Lowellville
On the map

Lowellville on the map, 1906 to 1970

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

Lowellville on the 1906 USGS mapLowellville on the 1951 USGS mapLowellville on the 1963 USGS mapLowellville on the 1970 USGS map1906Youngstown sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lowellville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Lowellville Railroad Station
Lowellville Railroad Station
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Stick Style1
Lowellville Railroad StationStick Style

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Lowellville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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James KennedyAmerican congressman · b. 1853
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Walt McDonaldAmerican football player · b. 1920
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Poland Township5 historic placesA−StruthersIts storyB

Questions about Lowellville’s history

What year was Lowellville founded?

The Lowellville post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Lowellville?

One place: the Lowellville Railroad Station (listed 1976).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.