LEWISTON, Minn. – Alarmed teenagers alerted police that an image of a long gun and a backpack in Lewiston was circulating online. It turned out that the jmage originated in Lewiston, Maine – not Lewiston, Minnesota. Police Chief Scott Yeiter said there was no threat to his Lewiston – that’s the Lewiston in central Winona County. Yeiter thanked the students for their diligence and for sharing the picture with their parents and making law enforcement aware of the post. The image had a gun with magazine removed below a green backpack lying on a car’s gray hood.
Lots of Mr. Lewises got around and became namesakes for communities all over.
> Lewiston Maine, population 37,000.
> Lewiston, Idaho, 34,200.
> Lewiston, New York,15,900.
> Lewistown, Montana, 5,900.
> Lewiston, Pennsylvania, 5,200.
> Lewiston, Minnesota, 1,500.
> Lewiston, Wisconsin, 1,200.
> Lewiston, Michigan, 990.
> Lewiston, Utah, 770.
> Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina, 550.
> Lewistown, Kentucky, 460.
> Lewiston, Ohio, 200.
> Lewiston, Nebraska, 54.
> Lewiston, Maryland, unincorporated.
> Lewiston Indiana, unincorporated.
> Lewiston, Virginia, unincorporated.
> Lewiston, Vermont, abandoned.
Abroad:
> Lewiston, Australia, 2,200.
> Leweston, England, unincorporsted.
> Lewiston, Scotland, abandoned.
> Lewiston Bridgend, Wales, unincorporated.