Lowndes, Missouri

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Lowndes
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 37°08′56″N90°15′48″W / 37.14889°N 90.26333°W / 37.14889; -90.26333 Coordinates: 37°08′56″N90°15′48″W / 37.14889°N 90.26333°W / 37.14889; -90.26333 [1]
Country United States
State Missouri
County Wayne
Elevation
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443 ft (135 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
63951
GNIS feature ID750889 [1]

Lowndes is an unincorporated community in eastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately twenty miles southwest of Marble Hill, along Missouri Route E. Bear Creek flows past the north side of the community and Barnes Creek is just east of the community. [2]

A post office called Lowndes has been in operation since 1840. [3] The community has the name of Lowndes Henry Davis, a Missouri congressman. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lowndes, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. "About Us". Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved 1 January 2017.