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  • Lewis Center is a small unincorporated community in Orange Township, which is located in Delaware County.
  • It is necessary to be specific when referring to Orange Township in Delaware County because there are six Orange Townships in the State of Ohio.
  • Lewis Center is named after the family of William L. Lewis who donated the land for the railroad station that helped developed the area into a community around 1850.
  • McCoy Sellars built the community’s first store.
  • Around 1804 both Catholic and Methodist citizens started to organize in the area, the Catholic parish in the community being short-lived while the Methodists built their first church two years later in 1806.
  • Like all children who reside in Orange Township, the children of Lewis Center attend school in the Olentangy School District.
  • The community of Lewis Center houses Orange Township’s Township Hall.