Welcome to Lakeshore ...

Lakeshore is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeshore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Lakeshore is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Lakeshore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Lakeshore lies within the (228) area code.

Websites for Lakeshore ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lakeshore, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Lakeshore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Lakeshore: This one is located in Hancock County and the other is located in Rankin County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 16 communities that are also named Lakeshore - they are located in California (3), Florida (2), Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Ohio, Ontario (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeshore.

Communities near Lakeshore ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakeshore.

• Long Beach
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,125 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <4>
• Bay Saint Louis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <4>
• Diamondhead
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
  • Diamondhead is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamondhead <4>
• Pass Christian
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Christian
  • Pass Christian is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pass Christian <4>
• Waveland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <4>
• Shoreline Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoreline Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
  • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
• Pearlington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearlington
  • Pearlington is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearlington <4>
• Kiln
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiln
  • Kiln is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiln <4>
• Logtown ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Logtown is located in Hancock County
• Napoleon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Napoleon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
  • Napoleon is located in Hancock County

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 Lakeshore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakeshore.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakeshore. 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 Lakeshore.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeshore. See our Newspapers Page for Lakeshore.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakeshore ...

Looking for more information about Lakeshore? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lakeshore, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lakeshore.

Adding Lakeshore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakeshore 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 Lakeshore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lakeshore post office opened in 1901.

We also found Lakeshore on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeshore.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lakeshore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/