Lewis, Vermont | |
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Town | |
 Location in Essex County and the state of Vermont. | |
 Location of Vermont with the U.S.A. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.7 sq mi (103 km2) |
| • Land | 39.6 sq mi (103 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2 |
| • Density | 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km2) |
| • Households | 0 |
| • Families | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 05846 (Island Pond) |
Lewis is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for landholders Nathan, Sevignior, and Timothy Lewis. [1] 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 census; [2] however it is possible due to the town sharing a census block with nearby towns and gores [3] and the introduction of differential privacy in for the 2020 census, that the actual population remained at 0. [4] 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.
