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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lewisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewisville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lewisville:
    • 41.051164, -83.789659
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lewisville
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lewisville ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Lewisville.

There are three communities within Ohio that are also named Lewisville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Jackson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Lewisville.
    • Monroe County
      • This Lewisville is located in Monroe County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Lewisville.
    • Washington County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lewisville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lafayette County
      • This Lewisville is located in Lafayette County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Lewisville.
    • Idaho
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lewisville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lewisville.
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • This Lewisville is located in Henry County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Lewisville.
      • Morgan County
      • This Lewisville is located in Morgan County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lewisville.
    • Michigan
      • Huron County
      • This Lewisville is located in Huron County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Lewisville.
    • Minnesota
      • Watonwan County
      • This Lewisville is located in Watonwan County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watonwan County community of Lewisville.
    • Missouri
      • Holt County
      • Although located in Holt County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Lewisville.
      • Shelby County
      • Although located in Shelby County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lewisville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lewisville lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Lewisville is located in Mercer County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<2> to the east of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Lewisville.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Lewisville is located in Forsyth County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Lewisville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Haskell County
      • This Lewisville is located in Haskell County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Lewisville.
    • Oregon
      • Polk County
      • This Lewisville is located in Polk County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lewisville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Lewisville is located in Chester County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<2> to the east of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Lewisville.
      • Indiana County
      • This Lewisville is located in Indiana County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the east of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Lewisville.
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lewisville [Potter County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lewisville [Chester County].
      • Horry County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lewisville [Horry County].
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This Lewisville is located in Denton County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Lewisville.
      • Waller County
      • This Lewisville is located in Waller County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km] to the southwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Lewisville.
    • Virginia
      • Clarke County
      • This Lewisville is located in Clarke County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Lewisville.
    • Washington
      • Clark County
      • This Lewisville is located in Clark County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lewisville that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lewisville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewisville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beagle ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beagle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
    • Beagle is located in Hancock County
  • Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
    • Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
  • Chase
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
    • Chase is located in Hancock County
  • Deweyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deweyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
    • Deweyville is located in Hancock County
  • Lewisburg ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lewisburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
  • Martinstown ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
    • Martinstown is located in Hancock County
  • Oil Center ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
    • Oil Center is located in Wood County
  • Wineland ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wineland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
    • Wineland is located in Hancock County

How Far From Lewisville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lewisville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Lewisville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lewisville and extending to:

  • Findlay, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Lewisville to Columbus, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lewisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lewisville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0512, Longitude: -83.7897       In this case, the coordinates for Lewisville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lewisville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lewisville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.946 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.375 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.964 degrees.




 

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