Lewisville was platted in 1829, and named for Lewis C. Freeman one of its founders and afterward first postmaster. A post office has been in operation in Lewisville since 1831. In 1833 (when there was considerable inconsistency in the spelling of Indiana place names), it was described as follows: 'Louisville, a village in Henry county, on the National Road [U.S. 40], on the east bank of Flatrock, about ten miles south of Newcastle. It contains a small population, and one store; but has a prospect of rapid increase.' By 1909, it had a population of 503, more than 2 dozen businesses, two doctors, a newspaper, and a railway station.
Guyer Opera House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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In 1884 he left Greenfield and moved to Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana,, where he remained four years. Upon his father's death in 1888, he returned to Lewisville where he bought and operated the old Davis Mill until its destruction by fire in July, 1896. The death of his father and later of his brother, Augustus Glidden, threw the burden of the settlement of their large and somewhat complicated estates upon him and in the course of time everything was satisfactorily and honorably adjusted. In these affairs he demonstrated his tact and business management and clearly proved his ability and judgment in the handling of large
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Lewisville, 1829 to 1960
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What year was Lewisville founded?
In 1829, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Lewisville’s post office opened in 1831, and the census of 1850 counted 193 people here.
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