NC Gazetteer

Lowell

Also known as: Wrights Station
A town in Gaston County
… town in central Gaston County. Settled about 1850 when Woodlawn Mill was built on South Fork River. First known as Wrights Station for William Wright, nearest resident. Inc. 1879 as Lowell because the construction of several textile mills there suggested the name of the textile center in Massachusetts. Alt. 770.