Welcome to Lake View ...
So far, we found very little information about Lake View. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lake View to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Lake View - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Lake View, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Lake View , we believe that it would have been located within present day McPherson County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake View, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.
A typical abbreviation for Lake View: Lk. View
Lake View would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Lake View ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Lake View: This one is located in McPherson County and the other is located in Cowley County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 39 communities that are also named Lake View - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (2), Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota (2), Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio, Quebec, South Carolina (3), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake View.
Adding Lake View to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Lake View was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Lake View post office opened in 1872.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake View.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for McPherson County: www.mcphersoncountyks.us/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lake View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including McPherson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |