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NORTH LEWISBURG 43060
- The first permanent settlers are credited as the Spanish family in 1805, for which Spain Creek is named.
- North Lewisburg was officially founded in 1826 by Gray Gary, but the area had been home to Pioneers and Early Settlers for over twenty years.
- Johnny Appleseed is said to have stopped at a North Lewisburg farm on his fruit-planting journey.
- Due to the origins and roots of the first townspeople, the first town council meeting minutes were recorded in Quaker language following the town’s incorporation in 1844.
- North Lewisburg is honored to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad; its participation is commemorated on corporate limit marker signs.
- The first frame house in the Town of North Lewisburg, built by founder Gray Gary, still stands on Sycamore Street.
- The former Village Alarm Bell for North Lewisburg was cracked while two residents were ringing the bell to celebrate the end of the Second World War.
