Welcome to Lakewood ...So far, we found very little information about Lakewood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Lakewood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lakewood, please Contact Us. Lakewood would have been located within present day Lyon County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lakewood is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Lakewood was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Lakewood was located: 712 Communities Also Named Lakewood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Lakewood: This one is located in Lyon County and the other is located in Warren County. Beyond Iowa, there are 96 communities that are also named Lakewood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (4), Illinois (6), Indiana (3), 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. See our Newspapers Page for Lakewood. Adding Lakewood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lakewood in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lakewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood. Footnotes ...
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