Editing Lowell, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Lowell was incorporated in 1879. It was named after [[Lowell, Massachusetts]], in hopes the city would become a similar textile center. The settlement dates back to 1848, when the Woodlawn Mill<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historync.org/NCtextilespre1860.htm|title=NC Business History - NC Textile Mills Pre-1860|access-date=July 16, 2015|archive-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814234341/http://historync.org/NCtextilespre1860.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> was built on the South Fork Catawba River. When grading was done for the [[Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway]] in 1870 and a small depot was built in the community, it was given the name "Wright's Station", because the nearest resident was William Wright.<ref>http://www.belmontchamber.com/lowell.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704174056/http://www.belmontchamber.com/lowell.html |date=2008-07-04 }}.  Retrieved on 2008-07-04</ref><ref>http://www.lowellnc.com/history.htm.Retrieved{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on 2008-07-04</ref>