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We would like to provide the residents of  Lewisboro  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Lewisboro Home page. The Lewisboro Home page provides as much information as possible on Lewisboro. Knowing Lewisboro’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Lewisboro’s Home page, you will also find Lewisboro’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Lewisboro has a population of 12552. 48.3% of Lewisboro’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.7 are female. 67.1% of Lewisboro is married and 90.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $614,074, and the average rent is $1,879. Household median income in Lewisboro is $163,400, and the individual median income is $62,944. Lewisboro’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.1%), Hispanic(5.9%), Other(3.6%), Asian(3.5%), Multiple(1.9%), Black(0.7%), Native(0.2%).


After purchasing land from the local natives, the first settlers established themselves around South Salem. The town was formed as "Salem" in 1747. By 1790 the town assumed its current dimensions as lands were removed for other towns. The name changed to South Salem in 1806. John Lewis, a financier, requested that the town be given his name and established a fund for the town, though he did not follow through on his promise of a railroad link.


An abundance of natural open space, Dry-stone walls and elegant Colonial mansions are dominant features. Lewisboro has had two noteworthy historical characters. Sarah Bishop was the hermit of West Mountain. Apparently mistreated by British soldiers at the time of the Revolutionary War, she retreated to a solitary life in the Lewisboro area.


A spot known as "Sarah Bishop's Cave" is on the hill on the north side of Lake Rippowam, near Mountain Lakes Camp. The second historical character appeared around the time of the Civil War. The Leatherman was a wanderer who got his name from homemade leather garments. He is frequently mentioned as being in Lewisboro in the middle of the 19th century.


He followed a route past homes that would offer him a meal and reappeared at the same doorsteps for 25 years. One of the hiking destinations in Ward Pound Ridge is to the Leatherman's cave, reportedly one of his more frequent homes. In 1987, a 10k trail race called "The Leatherman's Loop" was started to honor his legacy and continues every spring at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.The Mead Memorial Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.


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