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In 1895, Frank D. Banta was commissioned postmaster. At this time the spelling of the name changed from Low Point to Lowpoint, to avoid confusion with the community of Long Point, about 40 miles
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'''Lowpoint''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Woodford County, Illinois|Woodford County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. Lowpoint is located along [[Illinois Route 89]] south-southwest of [[Washburn, Illinois|Washburn]]. Lowpoint has a [[post office]] with [[ZIP code]] 61545.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=61545&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]</ref>
'''Lowpoint''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Woodford County, Illinois|Woodford County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. Lowpoint is located along [[Illinois Route 89]] south-southwest of [[Washburn, Illinois|Washburn]]. Lowpoint has a [[post office]] with [[ZIP code]] 61545.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=61545&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]</ref>

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In 1895, Frank D. Banta was commissioned postmaster. At this time the spelling of the name changed from Low Point to Lowpoint, to avoid confusion with the community of Long Point, about 40 miles northeast of Lowpoint.
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:32, 31 May 2015

Lowpoint, Illinois
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWoodford
Elevation
718 ft (219 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
61545
Area code309
GNIS feature ID424444[1]

Lowpoint is an unincorporated community in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. Lowpoint is located along Illinois Route 89 south-southwest of Washburn. Lowpoint has a post office with ZIP code 61545.[2]

In 1895, Frank D. Banta was commissioned postmaster. At this time the spelling of the name changed from Low Point to Lowpoint, to avoid confusion with the community of Long Point, about 40 miles northeast of Lowpoint. [3]

References

https://archive.org/stream/woodfordcountyhi00wood#page/n0/mode/2up

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=-kkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=history+of+low+point+illinois&source=bl&ots=bMSrwOTWPe&sig=pNZykhymmjgISgaEwNrwLctqAzY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DqSCUcXRE4-AqwHDqoCIDA&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20low%20point%20illinois&f=false


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