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Lewis

Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,033. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1816 from and named for Col.
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  • Type: County with 16,400 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Lewis County”, “Lewis County, Virginia”, “Lewis County, West Virginia”, and “Lewis County, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and Lewis County High School.

Museum
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The was a psychiatric hospital located in , and known by other names, such as West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital.

School
was created in 1966 with the consolidation of Weston High School, Jane Lew High School and High School in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

Park
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is a national historic district located at , Lewis County, West Virginia. The district includes 58 contributing buildings in the central business district of Weston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weston and Ben Dale.

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is a town of 3,900 people in . It's a great base for getting to nearby Stonewall Jackson State Park, and it's also a good destination for glass collectors and history buffs.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, , United States.

Lewis

Latitude
39.0074° or 39° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
-80.4923° or 80° 29′ 32″ west
Population
16,400
Elevation
1,211 feet (369 metres)
Open location code
86FX2G45+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006339
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4811999
Wiki­data ID
Q495147
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lewis” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lewis County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لويس”
  • Armenian: “Լյուիս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lewis”
  • Basque: “Lewis konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lewis County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Lewis County”
  • Bishnupriya: “লুইস কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “লুইস কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Луис”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lewis”
  • Cebuano: “Lewis County”
  • Chechen: “Льюис”
  • Chinese: “Lewis Kūn”
  • Chinese: “刘易斯县”
  • Chinese: “劉易斯縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Lewis, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Lewis”
  • Dutch: “Lewis County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة لويس، ويست ڤيرچينيا”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lewis”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lewis”
  • Finnish: “Lewisin piirikunta”
  • French: “comte de Lewis”
  • French: “comté de Lewis”
  • French: “Comté de Lewis”
  • Georgian: “ლიუისის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lewis County”
  • Gilaki: “لویس ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “لویس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λιούις”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λιούις”
  • Hungarian: “Lewis megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lewis”
  • Italian: “contea di Lewis”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lewis”
  • Japanese: “ルイス郡”
  • Korean: “루이스군”
  • Low German: “Lewis County”
  • Mazanderani: “لویس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lewis Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lewis Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewis County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewis County”
  • Norwegian: “Lewis County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لویس، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لویس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lewis”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lewis”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lewis, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lewis”
  • Russian: “Льюис”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lewis”
  • Serbian: “Lewis County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Луис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lewis County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lewis County”
  • Slovenian: “Lewis County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lewis”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lewis”
  • Swedish: “Lewis County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Lewis County”
  • Tatar: “Льюис (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Льюис”
  • Turkish: “Lewis County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Lewis County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Lewis County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Lewis County”
  • Turkish: “Lewis ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Lewis ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Lewis ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Lewis ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Льюїс”
  • Urdu: “لوئیس کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “لوئیس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lewis”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lewis, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lewis, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lewis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lewis, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lewis”
  • Welsh: “Lewis County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Lewis County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیوس کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیوس کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Lewis”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Homewood and Cox Town.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bendale Lake and Bendale United Methodist Church.

West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations

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