Lewiston, Dakota County, Minnesota

Lewiston is an extinct community in Sciota Township in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It lies northeast of Northfield, and nearest to the small city of Randolph. A town once larger than nearby Northfield; gone in only fifteen years. but this town set near the Cannon River and Alta Avenue was home to many Minnesotan politicians, such as Edward J. Thye, Minnesota's governor; Pierce Butler became a United States supreme court justice, and Loren W. Collins was a Minnesota supreme court justice. A flourished town with a horseracing track and a hotel was the home of these political figures. From 1851 to 1866 a magnificent town stood where farmland is today. A good pitstop between Hastings and Faribault all that remains of the now abandoned town is the 1860 schoolhouse turned Sciota township hall.^[1]

References

↑ Humphrey, Katie (2009-03-10). "Northfield historian resurrected a ghost town". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2010-06-10.

Municipalities and communities of Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Hastings
Cities	Apple Valley Burnsville Coates Eagan Farmington Hampton Hastings‡ Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lilydale Mendota Mendota Heights Miesville New Trier Northfield‡ Randolph Rosemount South St. Paul Sunfish Lake Vermillion West St. Paul
Townships	Castle Rock Douglas Empire Eureka Greenvale Hampton Marshan Nininger Randolph Ravenna Sciota Vermillion Waterford
Unincorporated communities	Castle Rock Etter Eureka Center Waterford
Ghost towns	Lewiston Nininger
Indian reservation	Prairie Island Indian Community‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°30′25″N 93°04′50″W / 44.50694°N 93.08056°W / 44.50694; -93.08056

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