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Welcome to Lake ...

Lake is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Lake is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Lake: This one is located in Saint Louis County and the other is located in Buchanan County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 41 communities that are also named Lake - they are located in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (5), Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake.

Communities near Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake ...

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

Adding Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lake post office opened in 1872. The Lake post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Louis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/