Lewis, Vermont


Lewis is a town in Essex [County, Vermont|Essex County], Vermont, United States. The town was named for landholders Nathan, Sevignior, and Timothy Lewis. Although incorporated by the state, the town was never formally organized, since it never gained a sufficiently large permanent population. For most of the 20th century, the town had a total population of zero. It reported a population of 2 at the 2020 [United States Census|2020 census]; however it is possible due to the town sharing a census block with nearby towns and gores and the introduction of differential privacy in for the 2020 census, that the actual population remained at 0. Indeed, 100% of the town's land that is not federally protected is owned by a single logging company, Weyerhaeuser. The town's affairs are handled by the Unified Towns & Gores Of Essex County.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of, of which is land and is water, for a total of 0.25% water.