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Welcome to Lake End ...

Lake End is located in Red River Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake End, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for Lake End: Lk. End

Lake End is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lake End: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Lake End ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake End ...

Looking for more information about Lake End? 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 Lake End, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lake End.

Adding Lake End to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lake End post office opened in 1886. The Lake End post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake End.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Red River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake End - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake End area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Lake End area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/