Formed in the year 1805, Lewis County was named in the honor of Morgan Lewis, the Governor of New York. It encloses an area of 1,290 sq mi. More than 26K people with rich admixture of races including White, Asian, African American, Hispanic or Latino of any race, Native American, Pacific Islander and others reside in this county along with an estimated 10K households and 7,300 family units. Lowville is the county seat.

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