Lowville (town), 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.
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.
Daniel Kelley, along with his six sons, settled in Lowville in 1798, moving from Middletown, Connecticut. With the help of others, Daniel put up a saw mill and a two-story house. One son, Datus, worked in the mill. In 1867, Datus' daughter Emeline (Kelley) Huntington wrote: By a little brook which comes down from the long hills which rise almost like mountains on either side of the Black River, stands the same old mill where Father ground the wheat and corn for the country people. Its wheel is dripping and clattering still, doing duty as faithfully as of old. While the old miller who 'picked the stones and calked the gate' when the mill was new, has laid away his earthly casket in the little burying ground far away from the roar of the water which is constantly pouring over the mill dam. In 1810 Datus married Sara Dean and moved to Rockport Ohio. Datus and Sara then bought Kelleys Island in Lake Erie (Ohio), and founded the community called Kelley's Island. Agriculture and dairy farming flourished in the area because of the rich soil on the Black River Flats. With the opening of the Black River Canal in 1851, the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad in 1867, and The Lowville and Beaver Railroad in 1906, industries flourished including QubicaAMF (largest manufacturer of bowling pins in the world) and Kraft (the largest cream cheese plant in the country).
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