Lowell City Hall is located at 216 orth. Lincoln Street, Lowell, AR 72745.
Phone: 479-770-2185.
Beginnings [†]
Lowell was a small community named Bloomington. It was located along Old Wire Road where the Butterfield Stagecoach stopped. Bloomington was known as "Mudtown" by many early travelers due to their wagons getting stuck in the muck and having to be pulled out. In the Spring of 1881, the community of Bloomington moved a short distance west to be along the new railroad. This new town was officially named Lowell. The nickname "Mudtown" had stuck with the community ever since.
According to local legend, "Mudtown" was a nickname for the little town of Bloomington, which was on Old Wire Road about a mile east of where the town of Lowell is now located. In order to make stagecoaches stay longer, someone would make it especially muddy so that the stagecoach would get stuck. Legend says that a new driver for the Overland Butterfield Stage gave it that name when he came out of Alex nail's Tavern and Dram Shop and found that the stage had sunk into the mud up to the coach bed while he and his passengers were refreshing themselves.
There was no joy in "Mudtown" when the word came that the Frisco Railroad would be built one mile west of town. The railroad was completed in 1881 and Mudtown talked about moving, but nothing was done for several months. About that time a cyclone came along and decided the question. The buildings left by the cyclone were moved, and Bloomington changed its name to Lowell. The railroad depot was later moved to Oklahoma.† Mudtown: The Story. www.lowellarkansas.gov. accessed February, 2023.
Neighborhoods
Nearby Towns: Bethel Heights Town • Cave Springs City • Prairie Creek • Rogers City • Springdale City •