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Welcome to Lewis ...So far, we found very little information about Lewis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Lewis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lewis, please Contact Us. Lewis would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>. The location of Lewis has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lewis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lewis is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Lewis was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Lewis would have been located in the (740) area code. Communities Also Named Lewis ...While we believe that this Lewis is located in Morgan County, we know of another 2 Ohio communities named Lewis. Those communities are located in the following counties: Brown and Muskingum County. Beyond Ohio, 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), Oregon, 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.
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. Adding Lewis to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lewis in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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> We also found Lewis in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lewis. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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