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Welcome to Lewisville ...

Lewisville is located in Haskell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lewisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Lewisville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lewisville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lewisville: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Lewisville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Lewisville - they are located in Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Texas (2), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Lewisville ...

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

  • Stigler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilburton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Quinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Porum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • McCurtain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Red Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitefield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Carlton Landing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Carlton Landing is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Landing
  • Sans Bois
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise

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 Lewisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lewisville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lewisville ...

Looking for more information about Lewisville? 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 Lewisville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lewisville.

Adding Lewisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lewisville 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 (so far) for Lewisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lewisville post office opened in 1909. The Lewisville post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lewisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Haskell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lewisville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Lewisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Lewisville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/