Do you know of Lewis ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lewis. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lewis.
Our sources for Lewis (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lewis other than they indicate that Lewis would be found somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1903.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Lewis ...
We found 40 communities that share the name Lewis.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lewis is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 39 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lewis [Dale County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lewis [Pike County].
- Shelby County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lewis [Shelby County].
- Talladega County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lewis [Talladega County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Mariposa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lewis [Mariposa County].
- Yuba County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lewis [Yuba County].
- Colorado
- Montezuma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lewis [Montezuma County].
- Florida
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lewis [Liberty County].
- Georgia
- Screven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lewis [Screven County].
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lewis [Vigo County].
- Iowa
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lewis [Cass County].
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lewis [Edwards County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lewis [Daviess County].
- Harlan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lewis [Harlan County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lewis [Jackson County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Lewis.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lewis [Henry County].
- Montana
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lewis [Lander County].
- New Mexico
- Curry County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Lewis [Curry County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Wallowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lewis [Wallowa County].
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lewis [Chester County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- El Paso County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lewis [El Paso County].
- Robertson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lewis [Robertson County].
- Utah
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Lewis [Utah County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lewis [Polk County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lewis ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lewis:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lewis - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Allegheny County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allegheny County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lewis 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |