Lewis Center

Lewis Center (also Lewis Centre) is an unincorporated community in northwestern Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Lewis Center area lies on the east side of the Olentangy River, across from the city of Powell, west of Alum Creek State Park and north of the Polaris shopping hub. Lewis Center has a population of 30,398 with an average population density of 1371 people per square mile. The median per capita income in Lewis Center is $49,690 and the median household income is $140,076. Since 2000, the place has seen itself become a large, growing suburb of Columbus. A highly automated ATS battery assembly plant, which and tests battery packs and Ultium modules for General Motors electric vehicles, opened in 2022. The community was named after the family of William L. Lewis, who gave their land for a railroad station in exchange for the naming rights. A post office called Lewis Centre was established in 1852, and the name was changed to Lewis Center in 1893. The area has been in a real estate boom, further amplified by the coronavirus pandemic. Newer development such as Evans Farm have resulted in thousands of new houses being built each year. There are many thriving suburban neighborhoods, like OlENTangy Meadows, Oak Creek, Alum creek, Walker Wood, Glen Oak, North Orange and the Meadows at Lewis Center. The place is home to one of Ohio's highest scoring school districts.

History

Lewis Center was founded around 1850 when the railroad was extended to that point. The community was named after the family of William L. Lewis, who gave their land for a railroad station in exchange for the naming rights. A post office called Lewis Centre was established in 1852, and the name was changed to Lewis Center in 1893.Looking at the ancestry of the community members, 31.1% are of German descent. 14.9% are. of Irish descent and 10.7% of English descent. The population of Lewis Center is 1,816. The average age of a resident is 48.5 years old. The town has a population of 1,788. The city's average age is 48 years old and the town's average height is 6 feet 2 inches (183.5cm). The community has a median household income of $30,000 (or about $50,000 in today's money) and a median age of 50 years old (or more than 50 in the U.S. and Canada). The average household income is $40,500 (or around $60,500 in the United States) and the average household height is 5 feet 4 inches (or approximately 6 feet) tall (or roughly 6 feet 1 inch (or 9 inches) in the city). The town's median age is 40 years old, or about 40 years of age (or 60 years old in the state of New Jersey). The city has a average population of 2,838 (or 6,839 in the province of New York) and an average population age of 40 years (or 62 years old).