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Lowell, Bartholomew County, Indiana

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Folks, please read the sources carefully and look at the maps. This Lowell obviously wasn't laid out in 1853, as it consists entirely of tract homes. It also rather abruptly appears on the topos. And this is no surprise, because Baker's passage refers to the town in Lake County, not this place. This is yet another subdivision around Columbus, and lacks any notability. Mangoe (talk) 13:30, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:46, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:47, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The sourcing is indeed false. The Lowell in Bartholomew County was, according to Cowen's 1866 Indiana State Gazetteer and the 1869 Lippincott's, a post office, and more properly named Lowell Mills. Now knowing that name, the Lowell Mills to the north of Columbus turn up in some contemporary biographies, and also in an Arcadia book: ISBN 9780738534497 has the two Lowell Bridges (old and modern), the 1830–1880 existence of Lowell Mills, the various town buildings, and "Today all traces of the town are gone".
Every single thing in this 3-sentence plus infobox article is false when it comes to the only documented Lowell that we have, Lowell Mills. The foundation date is wrong, per the Arcadia book, as is the location (the Arcadia book placing it on the Driftwood River to the west of the housing estate) and the first sentence should say "was a town in the 19th century" rather than (present tense generic cop-out) "is an unincorporated community".
Uncle G (talk) 09:03, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]