Lowville, New York
| Lowville | |
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| Coordinates: 43°47′12″N 075°29′32″W / 43.78667°N 75.49222°WCoordinates: 43°47′12″N 075°29′32″W / 43.78667°N 75.49222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Lewis |
| Settled | 1797 |
| Established | 1800 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.1 sq mi (99 km2) |
| • Land | 37.8 sq mi (98 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,240 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,982 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (50/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13367 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| GNIS feature ID | 979171 |
Lowville /ˈlaʊvɪl/ is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 4,982 at the 2010 census. The town is near the center of the county and is southeast of the city of Watertown. The Town of Lowville contains a village also named Lowville, which is the county seat. The town is named after Nicholas Low, an early landowner. Low was of Dutch descent, and had emigrated with his wife and three small children from a rural village outside of Amsterdam in 1778. Other origins of the name are its low elevation and the sound of cows lowing that can be heard due to it being a rural community surrounded by a lot of dairy farms
Settled in 1798 by a company from Westfield, Massachusetts, the town was formed in 1800 from The Town of Mexico, New York in Oswego County. In 1803, part of Lowville was used to form the town of Harrisburg. The Village of Lowville was incorporated in 1854 and was designated the county seat in 1864, succeeding the community of Martinsburg in the Town of Martinsburg.
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