Lake View, Kansas

Lake View, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Lakeview Lake
Lakeview Lake
Lake View, Kansas is located in Kansas
Lake View, Kansas
Lake View, Kansas
Lake View, Kansas is located in the United States
Lake View, Kansas
Lake View, Kansas
Coordinates: 39°01′02″N 95°17′33″W / 39.01722°N 95.29250°W / 39.01722; -95.29250
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyDouglas
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS feature ID481925[1]

Lake View is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is 1 mile north of Lawrence.

History

Lake View was created in 1892 as a lake side resort. It was in use until the 1930s. The Lake View club still keeps the oxbow lake.

A post office opened in Lake View (but spelled Lakeview) in 1898. It stayed until 1914.[2]

Lake View was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 127.

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