Welcome to Lewis ...

Lewis is primarily located in Wallowa County<1>. A portion of Lewis extends into Wasco County.

The location of Lewis has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lewis, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

Lewis is 3,520 feet [1,073 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lewis is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lewis lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Lewis and travel south, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area codes for Lewis: (541) & (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Lewis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Lewis - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lewis.

Communities near Lewis ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lewis.

• Imnaha
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imnaha
  • Imnaha is located in Wallowa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imnaha <5>
• Flora ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Flora is located in Wallowa County
• Enterprise
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Enterprise is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <5>
• Evans
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Evans is located in Wallowa County
• Lostine
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine
  • Lostine is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lostine <5>
• Maxville ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
• Wallowa
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallowa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallowa
  • Wallowa is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallowa <5>
• Joseph
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
  • Joseph is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joseph <5>
• Promise ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
  • Promise is located in Wallowa County
• Troy
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Wallowa County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lewis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lewis.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lewis. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewis.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewis. See our Newspapers Page for Lewis.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lewis ...

Looking for more information about Lewis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lewis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lewis.

Adding Lewis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lewis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lewis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lewis post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lewis.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lewis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wallowa County: www.co.wallowa.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/