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Welcome to Lakesville ...

Lakesville is located in Dorchester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Lakesville is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Lakesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lakesville: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities near Lakesville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakesville ...

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

Adding Lakesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lakesville post office opened in 1850. The Lakesville post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lakesville - 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 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Lakesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Lakesville 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/