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Lowrey’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Lowrey. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lowrey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Lowrey had a population of 286. The CDP is in northern Cherokee County, bordered to the north by Rocky Ford, to the northwest by Teresita, to the southwest by Johnson Prairie, and to the south by Moodys. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Tahlequah, the county seat.

Half of its homes were built before 1992.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lowrey yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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WSWes StudiTahlequah · 13 miWilma MankillerWilma MankillerTahlequah · 13 miCSChaske SpencerTahlequah · 13 miLCLorrie CollinsTahlequah · 13 miAdrian HouserAdrian HouserTahlequah · 13 miTyler BunchTyler BunchTahlequah · 13 mi
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Lowrey, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lowrey is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lowrey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Saline District Courthouse in Rose, 8.7 miles away.

Lowrey and the nearest listed places

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Saline District CourthouseCherokee Female SeminaryLoeser, Dr. Irwin D., Log CabinRosamundAmerican Baptist Home Mission HouseLeonard M. Logan House

Closest to Lowrey

Saline District CourthouseRose · Building8.7miCherokee Female SeminaryTahlequah · Built 184612.6miLoeser, Dr. Irwin D., Log CabinTahlequah · Building12.7miRosamundTahlequah · Building12.7miAmerican Baptist Home Mission HouseTahlequah · Built 190512.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Saline District Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lowrey?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lowrey’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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