The city is mostly surrounded by Lowell Township to the south, but the two are administered autonomously.

In the first decades of the 19th century, the village was led by Wabiwindego and Keewaycooshcum, and later by Cobmoosa.

[4] In the 1830s, Cobmoosa purchased the land under the Odawa village in the name of his father, fur trader Antoine Campau.

[5] The Odawa remained at their village on the Flat River until 1858, when they moved to a reservation at Manistee, Michigan.

[6] The modern city of Lowell was founded in 1831 by Daniel Marsac as a trading post with this existing Odawa village, built on the south bank of the Grand River.

[7] During the first years of his trading post, Marsac lived with the Grand River Odawa leader Wabiwindego.

[10] In the Lowell area, the trail runs just north of downtown and along portions of the Flat River.

29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Bushnell and Cherry Creek elementary schools serve the city itself.