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US Post office in Lowake
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courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 6-03 |
History
LOWAKE, TX.
Lowake is on Ranch roads 1929 and 381, nine miles northwest of Paint
Rock in extreme northwestern Concho County. The community was
established as a speculative venture in 1909, when the Concho, San
Saba and Llano Valley line built track from Miles
(Runnels County)
to Paint Rock,
establishing Lowake at the midway point. The community was named after
two farmers, Lowe and Schlake, who donated land for the townsite.
Lowake received a post office in 1909. Its population was reported
as ten in 1925, fifty in 1927, and ten again in 1933. In 1936 the
community had a school, a seasonal industry, another business, and
several scattered buildings. In 1940 the school, which encompassed
grades one through eleven, had three teachers and about forty-four
students. The Lowake school had been consolidated with the Paint Rock
school district by 1955. The population of Lowake rose to a high of
120 in 1961. In 1963 Lowake had a post office, five businesses (one
of which was a steakhouse known for miles around), and a community
hall. From 1970 to 2000 the population of Lowake was reported as forty.
Mary M. Standifer, “Lowake, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed
October 30, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lowake-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association. |
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Very famous original Lowake Inn - It had a runway for fly-in customers
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courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 6-03 |
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Closed school (now community center) in Lowake
Photo
courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 6-03 |
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