Lewistown, Pennsylvania

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Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Borough
The Lewistown post office
Seal
Location of Lewistown in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°35′51″N 77°34′24″W / 40.59750°N 77.57333°W / 40.59750; -77.57333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Mifflin
Settled	1790
Incorporated	1795
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Deborah Bargo
• Council President	Larry Searer
• Council Vice President	Jim Steele
Area [1]
• Total	2.05 sq mi (5.31 km2)
• Land	2.03 sq mi (5.26 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	520 ft (160 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	8,579
• Density	4,226.11/sq mi (1,631.44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	17044
Area code(s)	717 and 223
FIPS code	42-43000
School district	Mifflin County School District
Website	lewistownborough.com/index.php

Lewistown is a borough in and the county seat of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[3] It is the principal city of the Lewistown, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Mifflin County.^[4] It lies along the Juniata River, 61 miles (98 km) northwest of Harrisburg.

The number of people living in the borough in 1900 was 4,451; in 1910, 8,166; in 1940, 13,017; and in 2000, 8,998. The population was 8,561 at the 2020 census.^[5] Of the four communities in the United States named "Lewistown", Lewistown, Pennsylvania is the largest.