Lowesville is a

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(CDP) in Lincoln County,

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, United States. The population was 2,945 at the 2010 census, up from 1,440 in 2000.

History

Mount Welcome was listed on the

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in 1991.

Geography

Lowesville is located in the southeast corner of Lincoln County. It is bordered to the south by

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North Carolina Highway 16 North Carolina Highway 16 (NC 16) is a 143.8-mile (231.4 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Traveling in a north–south direction, it connects the cities and towns of Charlotte, Newton, Conover, Taylors ...

, a four-lane freeway, passes through the east side of the community, leading northwest to

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and southeast to

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. 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

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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

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in northern Huntersville and west to Lincolnton, the Lincoln

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. According to the

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, 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

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watershed. Lowesville uses the

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, 28164 ZIP code.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,440 people, 552 households, and 422 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 589 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.29%

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, 6.53%

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, 0.21% Native American, 0.83%

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, and 0.14% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.60% of the population. There were 552 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.99. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,333, and the median income for a family was $53,000. Males had a median income of $36,316 versus $24,280 for females. The

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for the CDP was $28,072. About 5.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the

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, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

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