Welcome to Lewis ...Lewis is primarily located in Wallowa County<1>. A portion of Lewis extends into Wasco County. 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.<2> In other words, the elevation 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 travel south from Lewis, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Codes for Lewis: 541 & 458<3> 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.
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 (so far) for Lewis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lewis. Footnotes ...
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