Lewis Creek is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Washington Township,
Shelby County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
.
History
Lewis Creek was founded in 1856.
The community was a station and shipping point on the railroad.
A post office was established at Lewis Creek in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1931.
Geography
Lewis Creek is located at .
References
Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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