Lewis, Essex County, New York

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There is another Town of Lewis in Lewis County, New York.

Lewis is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,200 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Morgan Lewis, the governor of New York at the time the town was established.

The Town of Lewis is in the northeast quarter of the county and is south of Plattsburgh.

1 History
- 1.1 Notable residents
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Communities and locations in Lewis
5 External links

[edit] History

Settlement began before 1798 near Lewis village.

The Town of Lewis was established in 1805 from a section of the Town of Willsboro. Part of Lewis was taken in 1854 to increase the size of the Town of Elizabethtown.

Iron mining was an important early industry. Both Stowerville and Deerhead were communities based on the iron industry.

[edit] Notable residents

Joseph Call, the Lewis Giant, was a wrestler of widespread fame.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 220.1 km² (85.0 mi²). 219.6 km² (84.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.24%) is water.

Lewis inside the Adirondack State Park.

The Northway, Interstate 87, is a major multilane highway. US Route 9 is a north-south highway.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 1,200 people, 475 households, and 341 families residing in the town. The population density was 5.5/km² (14.2/mi²). There were 620 housing units at an average density of 2.8/km² (7.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.25% White, 0.17% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.08% from other races, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population.

There were 475 households out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,750, and the median income for a family was $37,778. Males had a median income of $28,950 versus $21,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,030. About 5.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.2% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Communities and locations in Lewis

Big Pond -- A small lake northeast of Lewis village.
Boquet River -- A river in the south part of Lewis.
Crowningshield -- A hamlet in the eastern part of the town.
Deerhead -- A hamlet in the north part of the town on NY-9.
Lewis -- The hamlet of Lewis is on NY-9 at the junction of County Road 10 (Lewis-Wadhams Road), west of Interstate 87, in the south part of the town.
Stowersville -- A hamlet in the southeast part of the town, east of Interstate 87. Stowersville was an important iron manufacturing location in the 19th Century.