Welcome to Lakewood ...Lakewood is located in Shelby County<1>. The pronunciation of Lakewood: LAYK-wood<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. Lakewood is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Lakewood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for Lakewood: 62438<4> Communities Also Named Lakewood ...While we believe that this Lakewood is located in Shelby County, we know of another 5 Illinois communities named Lakewood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cook, DuPage, Madison, Mason and McHenry County. Beyond Illinois, 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), 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. 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lakewood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Lakewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood. Footnotes ...
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