History · Lewisville

Lewisville’s post office opened in 1861, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 27% of U.S. towns · #185 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Gray, Elizabeth and Bowman, Jr. House. Most of Lewisville was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1880.

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Quick answers

How Lewisville began

When was Lewisville founded?

1861

The Lewisville post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Vienna (1857), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 48 in 18802020 census: 13,381165 years

How historic is Lewisville?

More historic than 27% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓

Founding year: the first Lewisville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

History grade

What drives Lewisville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lewisville is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #185 of 290 in North Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lewisville’s overall grade.

Founding era1861, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC⁺Homes built before 19401.4% of homes (±1.1) · typical NC town 4.1% · U.S. 8.4%D National Register1 listing, 3 historic buildings, 2.2 per 10,000 residents · typical NC town 12.5 · U.S. 2.4B⁻

All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 27%

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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 36%

North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Lewisville’s 2.2 sits near the middle of its state (41% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Lewisville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lewisville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Lewisville, and 6 old place names are still on the map.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lewisville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Lewisville’s post office has been open since 1861. Another post office, Vienna, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vienna

1857–1903

Lewisville

1861–today

18501940today

Hamlets and corners on the map

Cinnamon RidgeEaglewoodRobin Hood TraceRobinhood ForestSherwood ForestVienna

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lewisville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lewisville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lewisville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 13,388 at the 2020 census, up from 12,639 in 2010. It is a Piedmont Triad community.

Its first post office opened in 1861. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 12,639 to 13,381 (+6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Lewisville, 1857 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

19th century
1857Post officeThe Vienna post office opens
1861Post officeThe Lewisville post office opens
20th century
1903Post officeThe Vienna post office closes
1916Born hereHubert Glenn is born here
1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey

By decade

Lewisville, decade by decade

Today3 recent

2024Town of

2024G. Galloway Reynolds Community Center

2024Forsyth County Public Library

On the map

Lewisville on the map, 1968 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lewisville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

1968Clemmons sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lewisville.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lewisville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed

National Historic Landmarks

none yet

historic buildings protected

each building in a district counts

first listed

2021

Gray, Elizabeth and Bowman, Jr. House

Buildings

All 1 listings

Gray, Elizabeth and Bowman, Jr. HouseBuilding · listed 2021

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Lewisville, census by census

Grew from 48 people in 1880 to 13,381 in 2020, more than tenfold.

7 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lewisville’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Clemmons1 historic placeC⁺

Questions about Lewisville’s history

What year was Lewisville founded?

The Lewisville post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Lewisville rank for history?

Lewisville is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #185 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Lewisville?

One place: the Gray, Elizabeth and Bowman, Jr. House (listed 2021).

How old are the homes in Lewisville?

1% of Lewisville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 1987.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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