Welcome to Lake Charles ...The city of Lake Charles is located in Calcasieu Parish<1> and is the Parish Seat for Calcasieu Parish. Lake Charles was established in 1861. A typical abbreviation for Lake Charles: Lk. Charles From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lake Charles has a population of 78,510 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Lake Charles is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Lake Charles lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Lake Charles: 337 The ZIP codes for Lake Charles: 70601-70602, 70605-70607, 70609, 70611-70612, 70615-70616, 70629<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lake Charles had an population of 78,510 people. This is an increase of 9.05% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.41% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lake Charles had a population of 71,993 people (or 37.3% of the total population of Calcasieu Parish). This makes Lake Charles the parish's most populous community. The population of Lake Charles represents 1.59% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 5th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 71,993 people, the population of Lake Charles has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 71,757 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lake Charles. Communities Also Named Lake Charles ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lake Charles - they are located in Florida, New York and Ontario. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Charles. Websites for Lake Charles ...Official Website: www.cityoflakecharles.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.chamberswla.org/ Junior League: www.jllc.net/ Communities near Lake Charles ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake Charles.
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 Lake Charles. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Charles. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake Charles. 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 Lake Charles. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Charles. Our list includes 30 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lake Charles. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Charles ...Looking for more information about Lake Charles? 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 Lake Charles, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Charles. Adding Lake Charles to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Charles. Footnotes ...
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