Lowell

Lowell is the westernmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. Lowell Graded School offers Pre-K - 8. There are 119 students. 56 students from Lowell attend North Country Union High School. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 56.1 square miles (145.2 km), of which, 56.0 square miles (145.1 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km) of it (0.11%) is w... more

Lowell is the westernmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. Lowell Graded School offers Pre-K - 8. There are 119 students. 56 students from Lowell attend North Country Union High School. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 56.1 square miles (145.2 km), of which, 56.0 square miles (145.1 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km) of it (0.11%) is water. 400 million years ago, large and slow moving upheavals formed the serpentine rock and the asbestos fiber which sometimes accompanies serpentine. This serpentine comprises Brown's Ledges at the Lowell-Westfield border. Today, a rare fern species grows there which can tolerate the high nickel content of serpentine. Serpentine also contains iron, so much so that some rocks can be magnetized. This affects where cell towers can be placed in town. The iron oxide gives the color brown to "Brown's Ledges." The major Baie Verte fault line runs... less