Electricity Rates in Lewistown, OH

History of Lewistown

The area around Lewistown was populated by several Native American tribes resettled as a result of the Treaty of Fort Meigs. This treaty, signed on September 29, 1817, also provided for the University of Michigan, as well as other grants.In the 1820s Lewistown was a village primarily inhabited by Seneca and Shawnee people. It was also the eastern point in a reservation for these groups that stretched westward to the headwaters of Loramie Creek.The Treaty of Lewistown caused the resettlement of about 300 people to "the western side of the Mississippi river", contiguous to lands reserved in previous treaties to Shawnee, Seneca, and Cherokee.During the residence of the Indians in Washington Township, as early as 1820, only few white men lived in the area. "They were doubtless squatters, and their stay brief, as no one knows anything of their subsequent history. In the summer of 1832, immediately following the departure of the Indians, a few white families came into the township and began settlement." One of the first permanent settlers was Henry Hanford, a native of Connecticut. Till 1835 Hanford purchased 825 acres (3.34 km) of land in and around Lewistown.Daniel Conley, "the pioneer shoemaker in the place" and Hanford's brother-in-law, built the first frame house in the "village". Later Henry Hanford opened a general store and became the first postmaster of Lewistown. Mail was delivered once a week. A semiweekly hack line ran from Bellefontaine to Anna Station, via Lewistown.

Lewistown by the Numbers

Population

1,013

Median Age

46.7 yrs

Median Household Income

$93,462/yr

Median Home Value

$263,600

Homeownership Rate

98%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)