Lowesville

History

Mount Welcome was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Geography

Lowesville is located in the southeast corner of Lincoln County. It is bordered to the south by Gaston County. North Carolina Highway 16, a four-lane freeway, passes through the east side of the community, leading northwest to Newton and southeast to Charlotte. It is paralleled by old Highway 16 (NC-16 Business), a two-lane road that runs through the center of Lowesville. Access to new Highway 16 is only from North Carolina Highway 73 at the northern end of the CDP or from NC-16 Business in Lucia, south of the center of Lowesville. NC 73 forms the northern edge of the CDP; it leads east to Interstate 77 in northern Huntersville and west to Lincolnton, the Lincoln county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lowesville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.10%, are water. Killian Creek forms the western edge of the CDP, and Johnson Creek drains the eastern side of the community. The entire community is in the Catawba River watershed. Lowesville uses the Stanley, North Carolina, 28164 ZIP code.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Lincoln Charter School
  Other · Denver · 2,263 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• North Lincoln High
  High · Lincolnton · 1,079 students · 23:1 ratio
• East Lincoln High
  High · Denver · 1,047 students · 22.3:1 ratio
• North Lincoln Middle
  Middle · Denver · 776 students · 18:1 ratio
• East Lincoln Middle
  Middle · Iron Station · 728 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Rock Springs Elementary
  Elementary · Denver · 647 students · 17:1 ratio
• St James Elementary
  Elementary · Denver · 633 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• Catawba Springs Elementary
  Elementary · Denver · 529 students · 16.5:1 ratio