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Welcome to Lakefield ...The city of Lakefield is located in Jackson County<1>. The location of Lakefield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakefield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lakefield has a population of 1,607 people<3> (see below for details). Lakefield is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Lakefield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Lakefield: (507) The ZIP code for Lakefield: 56150<5> Websites for Lakefield ...Official Website: www.lakefieldmn.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lakefield had an population of 1,607 people. This is a decrease of 5.14% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 6.62% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lakefield had a population of 1,694 people (which is 16.5% of the total population of Jackson County). This makes Lakefield the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Lakefield represents 0.03% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 283rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,694 people, the population of Lakefield decreased 1.57% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,721 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lakefield. Communities Also Named Lakefield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Lakefield - they are located in Louisiana, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakefield. Communities near Lakefield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakefield.
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 Lakefield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakefield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakefield. 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 Lakefield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakefield. See our Newspapers Page for Lakefield. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakefield ...Looking for more information about Lakefield? 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 Lakefield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lakefield. Adding Lakefield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lakefield 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 Lakefield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Lakefield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakefield. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lakefield: www.lakefieldmn.com/ The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mn.us/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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