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Lowe

Ghost town · Madison County, Alabama

New Hope quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
New Hope quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lowe is a ghost town in Madison County, Alabama. It is the only former community in Madison County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lowe as a historical populated place on the New Hope topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.5868° N, 86.4147° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Hope
Elevation612 ft
Nearest living townOwens Cross Roads, AL
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID139427
Coordinates34.58676, -86.41471

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What's there now

Lowe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Owens Cross Roads, AL (population 2,678), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 612 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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