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Lewis Township is a township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the population of Lewis Township was 12,065. The gender makeup of the township was 49% male and 51% female. 28% of the population were under the age of 18; 50% were between the ages of 18 and 64; and 22% were 65 years of age or older.

History

Lewis Township is named for the Lewis brothers, pioneer settlers.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lewis Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
2. History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1883. pp. 332.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Council Bluffs
Cities	Avoca Carson Carter Lake Council Bluffs Crescent Hancock Macedonia McClelland Minden Neola Oakland Shelby‡ Treynor Underwood Walnut
Townships	Belknap Boomer Carson Center Crescent Garner Grove Hardin Hazel Dell James Keg Creek Knox Layton Lewis Lincoln Macedonia Minden Neola Norwalk Pleasant Rockford Silver Creek Valley Washington Waveland Wright York
CDPs	Bentley Loveland Weston
Other community	Belknap Honey Creek
Ghost town	Kemling
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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