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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Vermont|Vermont]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Lowell''' ''
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Vermont|Vermont]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Lowell''' ''
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=== Brief History ===
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=== Brief History
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=== Historical Data ===
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The town originally belonged to Chittenden County. It was granted March 5, 1787, and chartered on February 7, 1791 by Gov. Thosmas Chittenden, to John Kelley, Esq., of New York, from whom it received its original name-Kelleyvale. The town name was altered to Lowell on Nov. 1, 1831.<br>
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=== Town Histories ===
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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the population inflow was predominantly from other states of the US. In the second half the new arrivals were more often foreign-born - from Ireland and from French-speaking Canada. By 1870 the population was 944 and it reached its peak in 1890 when it stood at 1,178. The population at the 2010 US Census was 879. <ref>History of Lowell - http://oldstonehousemuseum.org/lowell/</ref> <ref>About Lowell, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/lowell.html#about</ref> <ref>Lowell, Vermont - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/OrleansLowell.html</ref> <ref>Lowell, Vermont - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell,_Vermont</ref><br>
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=== Historical Data<br> ===
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=== Town Histories
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[http://oldstonehousemuseum.org/lowell/ History of Lowell, Vermont]<br>
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FamilySearch Historical
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Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page
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City Directories
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Military Records<br>
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=== Maps ===
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=== Probate Records<br> ===
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Orleans Probate Division<br>247 Main Street<br>Newport, VT · 05855<br>Phone: (802) 334-3305<br>
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=== Church Records<br> ===
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Congregational Church of Christ Records, 1816-1880 - are available on [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/733954?availability=Family%20History%20Library microfilm] at the Family History Library. [https://familysearch.org/films/lookup/products/view/film/2025053/ Order film online].<br>
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=== City Directories<br> ===
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[http://www.nekg-vt.com/dir/dir_lowell-1884.htm 1884 Lowell Town Directory]<br>
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=== Maps
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[http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/15609/Lowell++Westfield+Town++Lowell+Town/Lamoille+and+Orleans+Counties+1878/Vermont/ 1878 map of Lowell]<br>
=== Cemeteries ===
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The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Lowell. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Orleans County, website at this [http://www.nekg-vt.com/Cemeteries-of-VT/orleans.htm#top link]. <br>
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*Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2166383&CScntry=4&CSst=49&CScnty=2948&CSsr=41& Find A Grave] site.<br>
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*Old Catholic Cemetery - inscriptions at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2234816&CScntry=4&CSst=49&CScnty=2948&CSsr=41& Find A Grave] site.<br>
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*Saint Ignatius Cemetery - inscriptions at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2179246&CScntry=4&CSst=49&CScnty=2948&CSsr=61& Find A Grave] site.<br>
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=== Town Records
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Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1805 -1865, can be found on [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fwaypoint%2FMD1D-L38%3A324710101%2C324920201%3Fcc%3D1987653 FamilySearch] (browse only images). <br>
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The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Lowell Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/733952?availability=Family%20History%20Library Vital records of Lowell, Vermont, 1857-Sept. 2000], and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/140891?availability=Family%20History%20Library Land records (Lowell, Vermont), 1812-1903].<br>
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Lowell Town Clerk<br>2170 VT Route 100 <br>Lowell, VT 05847<br>Phone: (802) 744-6559<br>Email: kclinger@lowelltown.org<br>
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[http://newportvermontdailyexpress.com/ The Newport Daily Express]<br>
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=== Libraries and Historical Societies
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Lowell Community Library<br>Vermont Route 100<br>PO Box 189<br>Lowell, VT 05847<br>Phone: (802) 744-2447
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[http://www.nekg-vt.com/ Northeast Kingdom Genealogy] - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.<br>
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