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History · Lowrey

Lowrey’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Lowrey was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1899 on.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Lowrey began

When was Lowrey founded?

1903

The Lowrey post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 286123 years
Founding year: the first Lowrey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lowrey’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 Lowrey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1972. Watch Lowrey change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lowrey’s history is told.

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On the map

Lowrey on the map, 1899 to 1972

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

Lowrey on the 1899 USGS mapLowrey on the 1904 USGS mapLowrey on the 1972 USGS map1899Siloam Springs sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Lowrey, in brief

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

Lowrey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Lowrey had a population of 286. The CDP is in northern Cherokee County, bordered to the north by Rocky Ford, to the northwest by Teresita, to the southwest by Johnson Prairie, and to the south by Moodys. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Tahlequah, the county seat.

Its first post office opened in 1903.

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

Timeline

Lowrey, 1899 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Lowrey post office opens
  5. 1929Post officeThe Lowrey post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lowrey

Nobody well known was born in Lowrey itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Wilma MankillerPrinciple Chief of the Cherokee Nation · b. 1945
Adrian HouserAmerican baseball player · b. 1993
Tyler BunchAmerican actor · b. 1970
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Leon PenseAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1922
Mason FineAmerican football quarterback · b. 1997
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Lowrey had its own post office from 1903 to 1929.

Lowrey
1903–1929
19001960today

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.

TeresitaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnson PrairieIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRocky FordIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoodysIts storyD

Questions about Lowrey’s history

What year was Lowrey founded?

The Lowrey post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.