Lowake, Texas

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Lowake, Texas
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Coordinates: 31°33′59″N100°4′33″W / 31.56639°N 100.07583°W / 31.56639; -100.07583 Coordinates: 31°33′59″N100°4′33″W / 31.56639°N 100.07583°W / 31.56639; -100.07583
Country United States
State Texas
County Concho
Elevation 1,752 ft (534 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 76855
GNIS feature ID 1361897

Lowake is an unincorporated community in northwestern Concho County, Texas, United States, along the Concho River. It lies along FM 381 north of the town of Paint Rock, the county seat of Concho County. [1] Its elevation is 1,752 feet (534 m). [2] Although Lowake is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76855; [3] the post office was established in 1909. [4]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Concho County, Texas County in the United States

Concho County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,087. Its county seat is Paint Rock. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for the Concho River.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

Founded in 1909, midway between Miles and Paint Rock, Lowake was named for local farmers named Lowe and Schlake, upon whose land the community was built. Lowake's school was merged with that of Paint Rock in the 1950s.

Miles, Texas City in Texas, United States

Miles is a city in Runnels County, Texas, United States. The population was 829 at the 2010 census.

Paint Rock Independent School District is a public school district based in Paint Rock, Texas (USA).

Despite its small size, Lowake was well known in the 1960s as the site of a famous Lowake Steakhouse. [4] In 2017, the steakhouse moved to a new location in Rowena.

Rowena, Texas human settlement in Texas, United States of America

Rowena is an unincorporated community in southwestern Runnels County, Texas, United States. According to the US Census, the population was estimated at 483 in 2000, an increase of 3% from the 1990 census. The United States Postal Service now estimates the population at 714. The elevation is 1,628 feet above sea level.

At least two steakhouses were there, one of which was the Lowake Inn, a restaurant and gathering place for locals in this small community. Travelers to Lowake not only came by road, but also by air; a nearby airstrip allowed pilots of small aircraft to come and go, within easy walking distance of the inn.

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References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 98.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lowake, Texas
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  4. 1 2 Lowake, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-18. Accessed 2008-08-18.
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