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Welcome to Lakewood ...The city of Lakewood is located in Jefferson County<1>. The location of Lakewood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> Lakewood was established in 1889 and was incorporated June 24, 1969. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lakewood has a population of 156,459 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Lakewood is 5,640 feet [1,719 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Lakewood is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Lakewood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Lakewood: (303) & (720)<5> Websites for Lakewood ...Official Website: www.ci.lakewood.co.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lakewood had an population of 156,459 people. This is an increase of 9.43% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.56% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lakewood had a population of 142,980 people (which is 26.75% of the total population of Jefferson County). This makes Lakewood the county's most populous community. The population of Lakewood represents 2.84% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 5th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 142,980 people, the population of Lakewood has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 144,126 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lakewood. Communities Also Named Lakewood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 96 communities that are also named Lakewood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (4), Illinois (6), Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (8), Minnesota, Mississippi (3), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (5), Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (9), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (9), Washington (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakewood. Communities near Lakewood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakewood.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lakewood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakewood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakewood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lakewood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakewood ...Looking for more information about Lakewood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Lakewood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lakewood. Adding Lakewood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lakewood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lakewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lakewood: www.ci.lakewood.co.us/ The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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