Editing Lowesville, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
Lowesville is located in the southeast corner of Lincoln County. It is bordered to the south by [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston County]]. [[North Carolina Highway 16]], a four-lane freeway, passes through the east side of the community, leading northwest {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Newton, North Carolina|Newton]] and southeast {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]. It is paralleled by old Highway 16 (NC-16 Business), a two-lane road that runs through the center of Lowesville. Access to new Highway 16 is only from [[North Carolina Highway 73]] at the northern end of the CDP or from NC-16 Business in [[Lucia, North Carolina|Lucia]], {{convert|2|mi|0}} south of the center of Lowesville. NC 73 forms the northern edge of the CDP; it leads east {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Interstate 77 in North Carolina|Interstate 77]] in northern [[Huntersville, North Carolina|Huntersville]] and west {{convert|15|mi}} to [[Lincolnton, North Carolina|Lincolnton]], the Lincoln [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Lowesville CDP has a total area of {{convert|17.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.10%, are water.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_37.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: North Carolina| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref> Killian Creek forms the western edge of the CDP, and Johnson Creek drains the eastern side of the community. The entire community is in the [[Catawba River]] watershed.

Lowesville uses the [[Stanley, North Carolina]], 28164 ZIP code.