Lowell, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Lowell is an unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois
, United States
. Lowell is located on Illinois Route 178
4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Oglesby
. It was once a village with a mill and a brick factory. Today the town is along the Big Vermilion River
and offers river rafting.
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Lowell is located on Illinois Route 178
Illinois Route 178
Illinois Route 178 is a minor north–south state highway in north central Illinois. It runs north from the unincorporated area of Lowell to Interstate 80 about 3 miles north of North Utica, which is better known as simply Utica...
4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Oglesby
Oglesby, Illinois
Oglesby is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,791 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Schools:...
. It was once a village with a mill and a brick factory. Today the town is along the Big Vermilion River
Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
The Vermilion River is a tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. The river flows north, in contrast to a second Vermilion River in Illinois, which flows south to the Wabash River...
and offers river rafting.