Lewis is an
unincorporated town, a
post office
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, and a
census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by
Montezuma County,
Colorado
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, United States. The Lewis post office has the
ZIP Code 81327.
[ At the 2020 census, the population of the Lewis CDP was 257,]2010
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.
Geography
Lewis is in northern Montezuma County, on the northeast side of U.S. Route 491, which leads south to Cortez, the county seat
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, and northwest to Monticello, Utah. Colorado State Highway 184 leaves US 491 at the southern edge of the community and leads east to Dolores.
The Lewis CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
See also
* Old Spanish National Historic Trail
References
External links
Lewis, Colorado Mining Claims And MinesMontezuma County website
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Census-designated places in Montezuma County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado