Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Lewistown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Lewistown in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lewistown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Lewistown, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lewistown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Lewistown was listed as Lewistown Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Lewistown was listed as Lewistown Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Lewistown was listed as Lewistown Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Lewistown is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Lewistown in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Lewistown for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Lewistown. See our Misc Page for Lewistown for more information.