Lewis is an
unincorporated Unincorporated may refer to:
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census-designated place
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in the town of
Clam Falls,
Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
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* Polk County, Florida
* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
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,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States. Lewis is located on
Wisconsin Highway 35
State Trunk Highway 35 (STH-35, WIS 35) is a Wisconsin state highway running north–south across western Wisconsin. It is 412.15 miles in length, and is the longest state highway in Wisconsin. Portions of WIS 35 are part of the ...
northeast of
Frederic. As of the
2010 census, its population is 164.
History
The town is named for founder Charles E. Lewis, a Minnesota wheat broker who purchased a large tract of land in Clam Falls Township around the turn of the 20th century. His personal estate, "Seven Pines Lodge", attracted several prominent guests throughout the 1920s, including President Calvin Coolidge, and is maintained as a private resort complex to this day. Knapp Creek, the abutting stream once referred to as "
trout preserve which is second to none in this country", continues to be classified as a Class I trout stream.
However, much of the stream runs through private property and is not accessible as a public fishery. Like many in the area, the town has seen steady decline in population and economic base since the demise of the logging and railroad industries.
References
Census-designated places in Polk County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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